Legal Opinion

Sansom v. Workers' Compensation Commissioner

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 9, 1986No. 16922PublishedCited by 23 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McGRAW, Justice:

The appellant, Vivian P. Sansom, appeals from a final order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board which affirmed a ruling of the Workers’ Compensation Commissioner rejecting an application for benefits on the ground that her disability was not caused by an injury received in the course of and. as a result of her employment. Careful review of the record, however, compels our conclusion that the affirmance was clearly wrong, and we remand this claim for an award of benefits consistent with this opinion.

At the time of her claim, the appellant had been employed for twenty-nine…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Barnett v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1970
  2. Sowder v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1972
  3. Sanyo Manufacturing Corp. v. LeisureCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 1984
  4. Myers v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Breeden v. Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981

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3Cited by23 opinions

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