Backus v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'R

173 S.E.2d 353 (1970)

Landon L. BACKUS

v.

STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER, and Union Carbide Corporation, a Corporation.

No. 12892.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 28, 1970.

Decided April 14, 1970.

Franklin W. Kern, Charleston, for appellant.

Benjamin D. Tissue, South Charleston, for appellees.

CAPLAN, Judge.

This is an appeal by the claimant, Landon L. Backus, from an order of the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board, dated September 10, 1969, wherein it affirmed an order of the Workmen's Compensation Commissioner.

The claimant, on March 22, 1957, while employed by…