Hughes v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner

Kessel, Judge:

This case is before the Court upon an appeal by the claimant, Holly Hughes, from an order of the West Virginia Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board, dated January 28, 1972, which order affirmed a ruling of the State Workmen’s Compensation Commissioner, which set aside a prior ruling granting the claimant a five percent permanent partial disability award, and in lieu thereof, holding that the claimant had been fully compensated by a prior twenty percent permanent partial disability award.

The questions presented for decision in this case are whether the claimant has been fully…