KEATON v. WCC AND ROCKINGHAM MARKETING

No. 20021.

405 S.E.2d 640 (1991)

Giles KEATON, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. WCC AND ROCKINGHAM MARKETING COOPERATIVE I and Itmann Coal Company, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don M. Stacy, Beckley, for appellant.

Robert J. Busse, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, for appellee.


NEELY, Justice:

The question presented in this case is whether an award payable from the second injury reserve fund is to be computed based on the claimant's earnings at the time of the "second injury" or based on his earnings at the time of an earlier compensable injury, when his earnings were higher.

Claimant, Giles Keaton, appeals a decision of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board entered 2 November 1990, affirming the Commissioner's 16 March 1989 Order...

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