Emmel v. State Compensation Director

Decided November 16, 1965. Fred H. Caplan wrote the opinion for the court.

145 S.E.2d 29 · Cited 60 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Deverick v. State Compensation Director · 144 S.E.2d 498
• Hayes v. State Compensation Director · 140 S.E.2d 443
• Shapaka v. State Compensation Commissioner · 119 S.E.2d 821
• Sullivan v. Suffolk Peanut Co. · 171 Va. 439
• Claytor v. State Compensation Commissioner · 106 S.E.2d 920
• Miller v. State Compensation Commissioner · 27 S.E.2d 586
• Conner v. Bragg · 203 Va. 204

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• Clark v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 187 S.E.2d 213
• Master Mechanical Insulation v. Richard Simmons · 232 W. Va. 581
• Walls v. INDUSTRIAL COM'N OF UTAH · 857 P.2d 964
• Staubs v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 153 W. Va. 337
• Ramey v. State Compensation Commissioner · 146 S.E.2d 579
• Dodson v. Workers' Compensation Division · 558 S.E.2d 635
• Barnett v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 172 S.E.2d 698
• Gary E. Hammons v. W. Va. Ofc. of Insurance Comm./A & R Transport, etc. · 235 W. Va. 577
• William L. Gill v. City of Charleston · 236 W. Va. 737
• Repass v. Workers' Compensation Division · 569 S.E.2d 162
• Jordan v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 191 S.E.2d 497
• Railworks, Inc. v. Naylor · 723 P.2d 1237
• Martin v. Workers' Compensation Division · 557 S.E.2d 324
• Gillispie v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 205 S.E.2d 164
• Oliver v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 152 W. Va. 478
• Bilchak v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 153 W. Va. 288
• Lovas v. Consolidation Coal Co. · 662 S.E.2d 645
• Hamrick v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 159 W. Va. 840
• American Legion Post 30 v. Gailey · 498 So. 2d 1321
• Hamrick v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'R · 228 S.E.2d 702
• Edward Reed v. Exel Logistics, Inc. · 815 S.E.2d 511
• Oliver v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'R · 164 S.E.2d 582
• Bilchak v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'R · 168 S.E.2d 723

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