Reager Ex Rel. Reager v. Anderson

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

This action is before this Court upon the appeal of Joseph Melia, M.D., the appellant and one of two defendants below, from a final order of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia (“the trial court”) denying the appellant's motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict or, in the alternative, for a new trial. Having reviewed the voluminous record, the petition for appeal and the excellent briefs and oral argument of counsel, we affirm the trial court’s final order.

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