Legal Opinion
Pocahontas Fuel Co. v. Godbey
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 8, 1951No. Record 3861PublishedCited by 10 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
This appeal presents for review an award of the Industrial Commission of Virginia against Pocahontas Fuel Company, Inc., appellant, which granted to John M. Godbey, appellee, compensation for partial disability due to silicosis.
The award carried into effect the majority opinion of the Commission to which one Commissioner dissented. 1
It is conceded that appellee was suffering from silicosis and was partially disabled when he ceased working for the company, but appellant denies that it is liable to him.
Appellant asserts:(1) That appellee’s occupational disease did not arise out of and in the…
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