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Pocahontas Fuel Co. v. Barbour

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 7, 1960No. Record 5046PublishedCited by 26 opinions

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1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.

The record before us presents for review an award of the Industrial Commission of Virginia against Pocahontas Fuel Company, Inc. (now Consolidation Coal Company), which granted to Oliver G. Barbour compensation for total disability due to silicosis.

The award put into effect the majority opinion of the Commission from which Commissioner Nuckols dissented.

All the evidence was presented before a hearing commissioner on November 17, 1958, and on January 16, 1959, the commissioner rendered his opinion. He found that claimant had sustained a total wage loss as a result of silicosis contracted while…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Scott v. WillisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1928
  2. J. A. Foust Coal Co. v. MesserSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
  3. National Surety Co. v. LeeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. v. BatemanCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
  2. National Linen Service v. McGuinnCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1989
  3. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
  4. National Linen Service v. McGuinnCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1987
  5. Big D Quality Homebuilders v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1984

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