WHITE v. SWCC

No. 14588.

262 S.E.2d 752 (1980)

James Earl WHITE v. SWCC and Bethlehem Mines Corp.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

February 5, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George G. Burnette, Jr., Charleston, for appellant.

Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, John L. McClaugherty and J. Randolph Query, Charleston, for appellees.


McGRAW, Justice:

Claimant-appellant appeals from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed a ruling of the Workmen's Compensation Commissioner rejecting appellant's claim to compensation benefits for occupational pneumoconiosis. The ground for the denial was that the claimant had not been exposed to the hazards of occupational pneumoconiosis for a continuous period of not less than two years during the ten years immediately preceding the date...

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