Wooten v. State Compensation Commissioner

95 S.E.2d 643 (1957)

Benjamin M. WOOTEN

v.

STATE COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Lillybrook Coal Co.

No. 10847.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 9, 1957.

Decided February 19, 1957.

Ned H. Ragland, Beckley, for appellant.

Scherer, Bowers & File, L. L. Scherer, Beckley, for appellee.

BROWNING, Judge.

Benjamin M. Wooten, hereinafter referred to as claimant, appeals from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board affirming an order of the State Compensation Commissioner denying claimant's application for silicosis benefits on the ground "claimant was not injuriously…