Newman v. Richardson

NEELY, Justice:

Margaret A. Newman, Eloise J. Sims and Helen Smigill are all widows whose applications for dependents' benefits based on occupational pneumoconiosis were rejected by the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner because their husbands’ deaths were not caused by injuries or conditions received in the course of and resulting from employment. Although all widows filed administrative protests, they also petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus to compel the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner to refer their dependents’ claims to the Occupational Pneumoconiosis Board for review. The…