Legal Opinion
Jackson v. State Compensation Commissioner
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided September 19, 1944No. 9595PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rose, President:
On March 29, 1943, Norman C. Jackson died from an injury inflicted by James Wilson in a fight while both were working on their jobs as employees of the United States Coal & Coke Company in a mine in McDowell County.
The employer resisted the allowance of compensation to Jackson’s widow and children on the ground that Jackson was the aggressor in the altercation, and that, therefore, his death did not result from, or in the course of, his employment. On July 30, 1943, the Compensation Commissioner denied compensation to the dependents, whereupon they duly protested. A hearing…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jacquemin v. Turner & Seymour Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1918
- Farmers Manufacturing Co. v. WarfelSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
- Triangle Auto Painting & Trimming Co. v. Industrial CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1931
- Fulton Bag & Cotton Mills v. HaynieCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1931
- Traders & General Ins. Co. v. MillsCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1937
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Dillon's CaseMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1949
- Armstead, Widow, Etc. v. Sommer, Etc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1956
- Claytor v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
- Geeslin v. Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- Turner v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1962
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