BREEDEN v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'R

No. 15130.

285 S.E.2d 398 (1981)

Brenda C. BREEDEN v. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Grand Union of Martinsburg, Inc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Askin & Burke and D. Michael Burke, Martinsburg, for appellant.

Rice, Hannis & Douglas and Lacy I. Rice, Jr., Martinsburg, for appellee.

Frank W. Helvey, Jr., Legal Division, State Workmen's Compensation Com'r, Charleston, for SWCC.


McGRAW, Justice:

This important appeal by Brenda C. Breeden, a workmen's compensation claimant, presents the question of whether a physical or mental disability which results from stress in the work place is compensable as a disability under the workmen's compensation law of this state. After examining the question, we conclude that this type of disability is compensable under the West Virginia laws.

Brenda C. Breeden began working as a part-time cashier for...

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