Turner v. State Compensation Commissioner

Browning, Judge:

On petition of the New River and Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company, hereinafter designated as the “employer”, this Court granted an appeal to an order óf the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board affirming an order of the State Compensation Commissioner by which James W. Turner, hereinafter referred to as claimant, was granted the statutory benefits for silicosis in the first stage.

Claimant filed his claim for silicosis benefits with the Workmen’s Compensation Fund on July 8, 1959, attaching in support thereof a physician’s report by Dr. Donald C. Newell stating that he…