Martin v. Workers' Compensation Division

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Alleged rights and remedies, not provided by the workmen’s compensation statutes, can not be recognized or granted by the courts”
• “Although the rules and regulations governing the workers’ compensation system in this state are necessarily detailed and complex, we must be careful to prevent those deserving of compensation from being thwarted by technicalities or procedural niceties[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Repass v. Workers' Compensation Division
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-07-17· cited 49×
• State Ex Rel. Abraham Linc. Corp. v. Bedell
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2004-07-15· cited 25×
• State Ex Rel. McKenzie v. Smith
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-07-17· cited 15×
• Lambert v. Workers' Compensation Division
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-07-03· cited 10×
• Blackburn v. Workers' Compensation Division
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2002-11-27· cited 4×
• Jud T. Seech v. Frontier Kemper Constructors, Inc.
  Int. Ct. of App. of W.Va.· 2023-04-10
• Quanta Services, Inc. v. Zachary Bolling
  Int. Ct. of App. of W.Va.· 2024-04-22
• Carol L. Hoosier, Dependent of Ronnie Hoosier (Deceased) v. Apogee Coal Company and West Virginia Offices of the Insurance Commissioner in its official capacity as the Administrator of the Old Fund
  Int. Ct. of App. of W.Va.· 2024-04-22
• West Virginia Division of Highways v. Larry D. Scott
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2024-08-01
• Blackhawk Mining, LLC v. Christi Banks, dependent of Timothy Banks, Jr. (deceased)
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2025-09-10

Cites

32 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Smith v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-11-04· cited 513×
• Barnett v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1970-03-03· cited 228×
• West Virginia Health Care Cost Review Authority v. Boone Memorial Hospital
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-05-17· cited 115×
• State Ex Rel. Graney v. Sims
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1958-12-02· cited 90×
• Booth v. Sims
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-03-24· cited 76×
• State Ex Rel. ACF Industries, Inc. v. Vieweg
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-02-05· cited 76×
• Emmel v. State Compensation Director
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1965-11-16· cited 60×
• Conley v. Workers' Compensation Division
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-02-20· cited 55×
• Workman v. Workmen's Compensation Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1977-07-15· cited 39×
• Plummer v. Workers' Compensation Division
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-07-06· cited 29×
• Javins v. Workers' Compensation Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-07-20· cited 27×
• Cureton v. Joma Plumbing & Heating Co.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1962-10-09· cited 26×
• Dunlap v. Workmen's Compensation Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1968-10-08· cited 23×
• Ferguson v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1968-10-08· cited 22×
• Reed v. Industrial Commission
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1969-05-05· cited 20×
• State v. Richardson, Admrx.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-02-17· cited 17×
• Rushman v. Lewis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-03-02· cited 16×
• Persiani v. SWCC
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-11-14· cited 14×
• Charles v. State Workmen's Comp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-03-07· cited 12×
• Charles v. STATE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COM'R
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-03-07· cited 11×