Legal Opinion

Hannah v. Workers' Compensation Commissioner

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 10, 1986No. 16861Published

1Opinion of the Court

346 S.E.2d 757 (1986)

Ralph HANNAH

v.

WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER and Eastern Associated Coal Corporation.

No. 16861.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

April 3, 1986.

Dissenting Opinion July 10, 1986.

Richard G. Rundle, Pineville, for appellants.

Anthony J. Cicconi, Shaffer & Shaffer, Madison, for appellee.

McGRAW, Justice:

This appeal involves an application for workers' compensation due to occupational hearing loss. The claimant appeals a final order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed the Commissioner's ruling rejecting the application as being untimely filed. The…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Thomas v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
  2. Hodge v. GinsbergWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Prince v. Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1941
  4. McCuiston v. Addressograph-Multigraph Corp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1983
  5. Myers v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977

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