Duty v. Walker

375 S.E.2d 781 (1988)

John Junior DUTY

v.

James M. WALKER and Falcon Drilling Corporation.

No. 17965.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 28, 1988.

Ben B. White, III, Princeton, for Walker & Falcon Drilling Corp.

H.L. Kirkpatrick, III, Beckley, for John Duty.

This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Wyoming County, entered March 13, 1987, which denied the motion of the appellants, James M. Walker and Falcon Drilling Corporation, to set aside a jury verdict in favor of the appellee, John Junior Duty, in a civil action brought pursuant to W.Va.Code § 23-4-2 [1969] and…