Legal Opinion

Machala v. State Compensation Commissioner

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 30, 1930No. 6843PublishedCited by 27 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Woods, Judge :

Anna Machala, widow, filed a claim with the Compensation Commissioner on the theory that her husband’s death resulted *414from a blow on the right side of the abdomen from the end of a long iron stoking bar with which, in the regular course of his employment, he was raking or cleaning the fire under a boiler of the Wheeling Steel Corporation. She appeals from an order refusing her an award.

On a former hearing, this Court, being of the opinion that the evidence in regard to the cause and manner of the injury had not been sufficiently developed, remanded the case for further…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Poccardi v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Pickens v. Coal River Boom Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  3. MacHala v. OttWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1930
  4. Moore v. HutchinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Plummer v. Workers' Compensation DivisionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Pennington v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1970
  3. Vento v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Eady v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1963
  5. Clark v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1972

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