Valena P. Powell v. State Workmen's

1. Workmen's Compensation -- Occupational Disease Lung cancer can be an occupational disease within the meaning of this State's
Occupational Disease Statute, W.Va. Code § 23-4-1, even though it is an ordinary disease of life which occurs in
the general public. 2. Workmen's Compensation -- Occupational Disease Statute West Virginia's Occupational Disease Statute, W.Va. Code §
23-4-1, provides coverage for each new occupational disease as medical science verifies it and establishes it as such, without
the need for special legislative recognition by addition to the scheduled diseases.