Butcher v. State Workers' Compensation Commissioner

MILLER, Justice:

This appeal by the claimant, Jimmy Lee Butcher, from an order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board dated June 10, 1983, raises several questions regarding the procedures for payment of temporary total disability claims under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, W.Va.Code, 23-1-1 et seq. After examining the questions presented, we conclude that the procedures followed by the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner in the claimant’s case did not comport with the requirements of the Act and the decisions of this Court. We, therefore, reverse the decision of the Workers’ Compensation…