Legal Opinion

Bowman v. Workmen's Compensation Commissioner

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 14, 1966No. 12554PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CalhouN, Judge:

This case is before the Court on appeal by Ward Bowman, the claimant, from an order of the Workmen’s Compensation Appeal Board entered January 12,1966, by which the appeal board set aside the workmen’s compensation commissioner’s award of five percent and substituted an award of ten percent as permanent partial benefits based solely on the claimant’s disability arising from peyronie’s disease. Though the appeal board recognized that the record disclosed evidence of progression of the claimant’s back injury, it refused to consider that evidence and refused to make any award…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Rasmus v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal BoardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
  2. Dunning v. Barlow & Wisler, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1963
  3. Blosser v. State Compensation CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1948
  4. Partlow v. Workmen's Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1966
  5. Hayes v. State Compensation DirectorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Gary E. Hammons v. W. Va. Ofc. of Insurance Comm./A & R Transport, etc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Bowers v. West Virginia Office of the Insurance CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2009
  3. Gary E. Hammons v. W. Va. Ofc. of Insurance Comm./A & R Transport, etc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2015

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