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POWELL v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'R

No. 14917.

273 S.E.2d 832 (1980)

Valena P. POWELL, Widow, etc. v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and West Virginia Board of Regents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 19, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mike Magro, Jr., Morgantown, for appellants.

Chauncey H. Browning, Atty. Gen., S. Clark Woodroe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellees.

McGRAW, Justice.

This important appeal involves the interpretation and application of our Workmen's Compensation Laws. The principle question presented is whether lung cancer causally related to occupational exposure to asbestos dust can be a compensable occupational disease under the terms of W.Va.Code § 23-4-1. We answer that question in the affirmative and hold that lung cancer can be an occupational disease within the meaning of this State's Occupational...

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