Legal Opinion
Wise Coal & Coke Co. v. Roberts
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 14, 1932PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, J.
The employer and the insurance carrier complain of an award of the Industrial Commission entered on June 10, 1931, allowing J. W. Roberts, the claimant, $12.00 a week for 131M weeks for seventy-five per cent loss of the use of the left leg, payment beginning as of November 26, 1923.
The first error assigned is that the claimant did not use reasonable diligence in filing his application for a hearing, and that because of the delay the appellants have been prejudiced.
It appears that the claimant was injured by an accident which occurred on October 28, 1923; that he and the employer agreed on a…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gravitt v. Georgia Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1924
- Scott v. WillisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1928
- Globe Indemnity Co. v. LankfordCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1926
- United States Casualty Co. v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1925
- Donk Bros. Coal & Coke Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Allen v. Mottley Construction Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1933
- Horvath v. Sheridan-Wyoming Coal Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1942
- City of Norfolk v. BennettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- J. A. Jones Construction Co. v. MartinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956
- Reese v. Wampler Foods, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1981
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