Cole v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMP. COM'R’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Carruthers v. Board of Superintendents of the Board of Education · 163 W. Va. 583 - Pnakovich v. SWCC · County of Spotsylvania v. Hart · Sizemore v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMP. COM'R · Reed v. Industrial Commission
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“, or the equivalent, before his death. While the outcome of such an inquiry frequently turns on statutory variables, most jurisdictions hold that if a claim has been filed, but no award is made at the time of death, the death will not abate the claim. 2 Larson, Workmen's Compensation Law, § 58.40 (1976). While West Virginia seems, at this juncture, to require that an”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[W]e today question, in light of Professor Larson's admonition, 2 Larson, § 58.40 (1976), the rather draconian and technical approach laid down in Hagy, supra, that an”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“is to make the best possible medical estimate of the probable residual disability that would have remained if the employee had lived to complete his healing period.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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