Harris v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner

Haden, Justice:

Claimant appeals from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed two previous rulings of the State Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner that an injury sustained by the claimant was not suffered in the course of and as a result of his employment and therefore was not compensable from proceeds of the Workmen’s Compensation Fund.

Richard Harris was an hourly worker employed by S. M. Kisner & Sons company as a roofer. Pursuant to directions from his employer, the claimant reported to work on the morning of November 21, 1972, in Fairmont, West Virginia, at a…