Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Blankenship v. Richardson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided July 17, 1996No. 23119PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MeHUGH, Chief Justice.
Petitioners herein, twenty-two West Virginia workers’ compensation claimants, invoke this Court’s original jurisdiction pursuant to W.Va. Const. Art. VIII, § 3 and W.Va.Code, 51-1-3 [1923] and seek a writ of mandamus against respondent Andrew N. Richardson, Commissioner of the Division of Workers’ Compensation, Bureau of Employment Programs 1 (hereinafter “Commissioner”). Petitioners challenge the constitutionality of certain provisions of Enrolled Senate Bill 250 (hereinafter “S.B. 250”), which amended the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Act.
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