RATLIFF v. DOMINION COAL CO.

Record No. 1426-85.

349 S.E.2d 147 (1986)

Zed RATLIFF v. DOMINION COAL COMPANY, et al.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Sharp, Castlewood (Larry Grant Browning, Browning, Morefield, & Schelin, P.C., Lebanon, on brief), for appellant.

Dennis E. Jones, Lebanon (Jones & Code, P.C., on brief), for appellee.

Present: KOONTZ, C.J., and COLEMAN and MOON, JJ.


KOONTZ, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Zed Ratliff, appeals from a decision of the Industrial Commission holding that his claim for coal worker's pneumoconiosis benefits was time barred. Although the parties present a number of issues on appeal, the critical issue, and the only one we need address, is whether the Commission erred in finding that Ratliff's claim was barred by the statute of limitations. We agree with the Commission, and affirm.

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