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MacHala v. Ott

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided January 14, 1930No. 6657PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Maxwell, Judge:

Anna Machala appeals from an order of the State Compensation Commissioner refusing her an award on account of the death of her husband, John Machala, September 21, 1927.

It is claimed that John Machala’s death resulted from a blow in the stomach 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, in the night of September 16, 1927. Nobody saw the alleged accident, and nobody knows anything about it except from decedent’s own statements.

Shortly after the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Matter of Carroll v. . Knickerbocker Ice Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1916
  2. Matter of Belcher v. . Carthage Machine Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1918
  3. Poccardi v. OttWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Foughty v. OttWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
  5. Conley v. State Compensation CommisionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Emmel v. State Compensation DirectorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965
  2. Deverick v. State Compensation DirectorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965
  3. MacHala v. Comp. Com.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1930
  4. Machala v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1930
  5. Hayes v. State Compensation DirectorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965

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