West Virginia High Court Upholds Death Benefits Denial In Face Of Other Causes

(December 6, 2016, 12:28 PM EST) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man’s history of tobacco use and myriad medical conditions adequately supports a decision that his death arose from them and not occupational asbestos injury even though a court previously granted him benefits, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals held Nov. 29 (Pearl Vincent, widow of Fonzo Vincent v. West Virginia Office of Insurance Commissioner and Upshur Coals Corp., No. 16-0083, W.Va. Sup. App.; 2016 W. Va. LEXIS 965)....

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