Legal Opinion

Harrison v. Workers' Compensation Commissioner

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 7, 1989No. 18790Published

1Per curiam

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Betty Harrison, widow of William *599A. Harrison, from the July 29, 1988 Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board’s affirmance of the Commissioner’s July 21, 1987 Commissioner’s order which denied the claimant dependent’s benefits because the claimant had failed to establish that the decedent was exposed to asbestos for the requisite periods. Since the Commissioner had previously ruled on three separate occasions that the claimant had established the exposure requirements for eligibility under W.Va.Code, 23-4-1 [1976] and the exposure requirements for…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McGeary v. State Compensation DirectorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Richardson v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
  3. Cole v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Buchanan v. Workers' Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984

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