Given v. Field

This is an appeal by Marshall Field, Sr., the defendant below, from an order of the Circuit Court of Cabell County awarding Jeffrey Given, D.C., the plaintiff below, default judgment on Mr. Given’s right to recover in an action for profits due under a contract. On appeal, Marshall Field, Sr. contends that the trial court erred in entering the default judgment, and he also claims that the trial court committed a number of errors in conducting a jury trial on the amount of damages to which Jeffrey Given, D.C. was entitled. After reviewing the issues presented and the record filed, this Court…