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JORDAN v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'R

No. 14614.

271 S.E.2d 604 (1980)

Lessie C. JORDAN v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Appalachian Power Co.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Dissenting Opinion October 23, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George G. Guthrie, Charleston, for appellant.

Love, Wise, Robinson & Woodroe, Joseph S. Beeson, M. Ann Bradley, Charleston, for appellee.

MILLER, Justice.

The appellant, Lessie C. Jordan, is the widow of Theodore Franklin Jordan, who before his death was an employee of Appalachian Power Company, the appellee. Mrs. Jordan contends that the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board [Appeal Board] erred in refusing to award her a greater benefit than that received by her husband prior to his death. She also states that W.Va.Code, 23-4-14, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the State and Federal Constitutions...

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