MacHala v. Comp. Com.
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Anna Machala, widow, filed a claim with the Compensation Commissioner on the theory that her husband's death resulted from a blow on the right side of the abdomen from the end of a long iron stoking bar with which, in the regular course of his employment, he was raking or cleaning the fire under a boiler of the Wheeling Steel Corporation. She appeals from an order refusing her an award.
On a former hearing, this Court, being of the opinion that the evidence in regard to the cause and manner of the injury had not been sufficiently developed, remanded the case for further investigation in regard…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Poccardi v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
- Pickens v. Coal River Boom Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- MacHala v. OttWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1930
- Moore v. HutchinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1929
3Cited by28 opinions
- Morris v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
- Plummer v. Workers' Compensation DivisionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2001
- Pennington v. State Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1970
- Vento v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
- Eady v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1963
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