Conley v. Workers' Compensation Division

DAVIS, Justice:

This is an appeal by the appellant herein and claimant below, Etta Lee Conley, from a decision by the state Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board (Appeal Board). The Appeal Board’s ruling reversed the Workers’ Compensation Office of Judges’ (OOJ) decision that the appellant sustained a compensable psychiatric injury while employed with the appellee, Hercules, Inc. 1 Appellant assigned as error the Appeal Board’s application of W.Va.Code § 23-4^-lf (1993) to reverse the OOJ decision. 2

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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