Poccardi v. Public Service Commission
West Virginia Supreme Court
Petition by Gaetano Poccardi, Royal Consul of- Italy, on behalf of the widow of Oataldo Greco, against the Public Service Commission.
1Opinion of the Court
Pofeenbarger, Judge:
Gaetano Poccardi, Royal Consul of Italy, on behalf of the widow of Cataldo Greco, an Italian subject, and- his sole dependent, complains of an order of the Public Service Commission, rejecting her claim against the Workmen’s Compensation Fund.
Though a surgical operation for strangulated hernia precipitated Greco’s death, the legally proximate cause thereof was the hernia. But, in the opinion of the Commission, the hernia did not result from accidental injury.
Just before his death, Greco was an employee of the Phillips Sheet and Tin Plate Company at Weirton, W. Va. On the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- De Constantin v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
3Cited by51 opinions
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- Lucedale Veneer Co. v. RogersMississippi Supreme Court · 1950
- Atlantic Greyhound Corp. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1949
- Morris v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
- Byrd v. Stonega Coke & Coal Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1944
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