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BILBREY v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COM'R

Nos. 20142, 20244, 20180 and 20190.

412 S.E.2d 513 (1991)

James BILBREY, Appellant, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Ranger Fuel Corporation, Appellees. RANGER FUEL CORPORATION, Appellant, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and James O. Bilbrey, Appellees. Granville GREGORY Appellant, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Appellees. Billie LAFFERTY, Appellant, v. WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Milburn Colliery Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 12, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.F. Raymond Smith, Rundle & Rundle, Pineville, for appellant, James Bilbrey.

Robert J. Smith, Charleston, for Workers' Compensation Comm'r.

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

Thomas P. Maroney, Charleston, for appellants, Granville Gregory and Billie Lafferty.

Sarah E. Smith, Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love, Charleston, for appellee, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp.

Robert J. Busse, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, for appellee, Milburn Colliery Co.

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This case involves four consolidated appeals from decisions of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board and the Workers' Compensation Commissioner dealing with hearing loss. The consolidation grows out of the confusion that confronts this Court by the records on appeal for hearing loss awards. Uniform testing is not something that is routinely found in the cases which come before us. The lack of standardized hearing loss testing creates utter confusion...

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