State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Meadows v. Lewis

Decided July 7, 1983. Darrell V. McGraw Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

307 S.E.2d 625 · Cited 68 times

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Precedents cited

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.

Cooper v. Gwinn · 298 S.E.2d 781
Nelson v. West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Board · 300 S.E.2d 86
Mitchell v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 163 W. Va. 107
State Ex Rel. Kucera v. City of Wheeling · 170 S.E.2d 367
State Ex Rel. Simpkins v. Harvey · 305 S.E.2d 268
Snyder v. Callaghan · 284 S.E.2d 241
Farley v. Zapata Coal Corp. · 281 S.E.2d 238
Smith v. W. Va. State Board of Education · 295 S.E.2d 680
Workman v. Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 236 S.E.2d 236
State Ex Rel. Bronaugh v. City of Parkersburg · 136 S.E.2d 783
United Mine Workers of America v. Miller · 291 S.E.2d 673
Bailey v. SWCC and Eastern Associated Coal Corp. · 296 S.E.2d 901
Perry v. Barker · 289 S.E.2d 423
Cardwell v. State Workmen's Compensation Commr. · 301 S.E.2d 790
Rissler v. Giardina · 289 S.E.2d 180
State Ex Rel. Garnes v. Hanley · 147 S.E.2d 284
State Ex Rel. Myers v. Straughan · 108 S.E.2d 565
State Ex Rel. Island Creek Coal Co. v. Hanley · 138 S.E.2d 848
Honaker v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 298 S.E.2d 893
Zackery v. SWCC · 253 S.E.2d 532
State ex rel. Conley v. Pennybacker · 131 W. Va. 442
Walls v. Miller · 162 W. Va. 563
Johnson v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner · 155 W. Va. 624
State Ex Rel. Lewis v. Warth · 48 S.E.2d 9
State ex rel. Smoleski v. County Court of Hancock County · 153 W. Va. 307

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State Ex Rel. Blankenship v. Richardson · 474 S.E.2d 906
State v. Kerns · 394 S.E.2d 532
Repass v. Workers' Compensation Division · 569 S.E.2d 162
Messer v. Huntington Anesthesia Group, Inc. · 620 S.E.2d 144
Deller v. Naymick · 342 S.E.2d 73
Morris v. Consolidation Coal Co. · 446 S.E.2d 648
Persinger v. Peabody Coal Co. · 474 S.E.2d 887
Sheena H. for Russell H. v. W. Va. Ofc. of the Insurance Commissioner/Amfire, LLC · 235 W. Va. 132
Reed v. Hansbarger · 314 S.E.2d 616
Smith v. Monsanto Co. · 822 F. Supp. 327
State Ex Rel. Lambert v. Cortellessi · 386 S.E.2d 640
State ex rel. Cooper v. Tennant · 229 W. Va. 585
Pritchard v. Crouser · 332 S.E.2d 611
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