Barnett v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner

Browning, President:

Garcie Barnett was employed by the Gauley Coal and Coke Company as foreman of a three-man “moving crew” and as a result of circumstances that will be related in detail hereinafter, occurring about three hours after his “shift” began, he was admitted to the Sacred Heart Hospital during the early morning hours of April 10, 1968. His attending physician saw him after his admission to the hospital and diagnosed his condition as “a coronary occlusion.” The patient died on April 12 of what his physician diagnosed as a recurrence of the heart attack which he had suffered two days…