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SER Boan v. Richardson
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA September 1996 Term ___________ No. 23667 ___________ STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA EX REL. LATTA BOAN Petitioner, v. ANDREW N. RICHARDSON, WORKERS' COMPENSATION COMMISSIONER, AND SONGER CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, Respondents _______________________________________________________ Petition for Writ of Mandamus WRIT GRANTED _______________________________________________________ Submitted: October 29, 1996 Filed: December 13, 1996 M. Jane Glauser Tracy Cook Seibert & Kasserman Wheeling, West Virginia Attorneys for the Petitioner Landon R. Brown Xueyan Zhang Employment Programs Litigation Unit Charleston, West Virginia Attorneys for the respondent, Andrew N. Richardson, Commissioner Mark Mascio Washington, Pennsylvania Attorney for the respondent, Songer Construction Corporation JUSTICE ALBRIGHT delivered the Opinion of the Court. JUDGE RECHT sitting by temporary assignment. JUSTICE WORKMAN reserves the right to file a dissenting opinion. SYLLABUS BY THE COURT
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1. "'"'"Where economic rights are concerned, we look to see whether the classification is a rational one based on social, economic, historic or geographic factors, whether it bears a reasonable relationship to a proper governmental purpose, and whether all persons within the class are treated equally. Where such classification is rational and bears the requisite reasonable relationship, the statute does not violate Section 10 of Article III of the West Virginia Constitution, which is our equal protection clause." Syllabus Point 7, [as modified,] Atchinson v. Erwin, [172] W.Va. [8], 302 S.E.2d 78 (1983).' Syllabus Point 4, as modified, Hartsock-Flesher Candy Co. v. Wheeling Wholesale Grocery Co., [174] W.Va. [538], 328 S.E.2d 144 (1984)." Syl. pt. 4, Gibson v. West Virginia Department of Highways, 185 W.Va. 214, 406 S.E.2d 440 (1991).' Syllabus Point 2, Robinson v. Charleston Area Medical Center, 186 W.Va. 720, 414 S.E.2d 877 (1991)." Syllabus point 2, E.H. v. Matin, 189 W.Va. 102, 428 S.E.2d 523 (1993) . 2. West Virginia Code

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