Dobson v. Eastern Associated Coal Corp.

McHUGH, Chief Justice.

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Eastern Associated Coal Corporation, the defendant below, from the May 17, 1991 order of the Circuit Court of Boone County. The appellee and plaintiff below is Dallas S. Dobson. The appellant is aggrieved by the circuit court’s denial of the appellant’s motion to set aside the jury verdict rendered in favor of the appellee in the amount of $325,000, and attorney’s fees and costs in the amount of $94,887.05.

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The appellee was employed by the appellant as a “face supervisor,” which is a front-line production foreman who…