Repass v. Workers' Compensation Division

569 S.E.2d 162 (2002)

212 W.Va. 86

William Wayne REPASS, Appellant,

v.

WORKERS' COMPENSATION DIVISION and USX Corporation/U.S. Steel Mining Company, Inc. Appellees. and

Randall Z. Bower, Appellant,

v.

Workers' Compensation Division and Maple Meadow Mining Company, Appellees.

Nos. 27730, 28392.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted February 19, 2002.

Decided June 28, 2002.

Dissenting Opinion of Chief Justice Davis July 17, 2002.

S.F. Raymond Smith, Esq., Rundle & Rundle, Pineville, for Appellant Repass.

Don M. Stacy, Esq., Reginald D. Henry, Esq., Beckley, for Appellant Bower.

Darrell V.…