BRADFORD v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COM'R

No. 20047.

408 S.E.2d 13 (1991)

Corena BRADFORD, Widow of John Bradford, Appellant, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Ranger Fuel Corporation, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 8, 1991.

Rehearing Denied September 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Don M. Stacy, Beckley, for appellant.

William F. Richmond, Jr., Abrams, Byron, Henderson & Richmond, Beckley, for appellee Ranger Fuel Corp.


MILLER, Chief Justice:

This appeal involves a claim for widow's benefits under W.Va.Code, 23-4-10(b) (1978), in which we are asked to address the degree of proof that must be shown to establish that a deceased employee's occupational pneumoconiosis (OP) caused his death. The application of the claimant, Corena Bradford, for widow's benefits was rejected by the Workers' Compensation Commissioner and the Workers' Compensation...

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