Legal Opinion
Lancaster v. State Compensation Commissioner
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 1942No. 9390PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Riley, Judge:
Hester Siner Lancaster, widow of Robert Lancaster, deceased, appeals from an order of the Compensation Appeal Board, affirming an order of the Compensation Commissioner entered on April 16, 1942, refusing to reinstate her to the compensation rolls, from which she had been suspended by order of the Commissioner entered on February 13, 1936, and also refusing payment of past-due installments of compensation.
Decedent was fatally injured on June 25, 1914, while working for the Solvay Collieries Company, predecessor of Kingston-Pocahontas Coal Company. Under the Compensation Act, as…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Gooding v. OttWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
- Stanswsky v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- Hardin v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
- Jenkins v. HeaberlinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929
- Thorpe v. Department of Labor & IndustriesWashington Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by32 opinions
- State Ex Rel. ACF Industries, Inc. v. ViewegWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1999
- Cline v. Joy Mfg. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
- State ex rel. Conley v. PennybackerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1948
- Lester v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1978
- Taylor v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1955
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