Legal Opinion

Kaiser v. Hensley

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided May 26, 1983No. 15788PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NEELY, Justice:

Our appellants, Mr. and Mrs. Kaiser, are aggrieved by a jury award for damages sustained when appellees Jeffrey and Keith Hensley drove into their car on U.S. Route 60 near Huntington. The appellants allege that the award did not amount to the actual damages incurred, and, since liability was admitted, was therefore insufficient as a matter of law. Appellants further allege that in his argument appellees’ counsel repeatedly alluded to the uninsured status of his clients in violation of our rule against such insinuations announced in Graham v. Wriston, 146 W.Va. 484, 120 S.E.2d…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Graham v. WristonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1961
  2. King v. BittingerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1976
  3. Freshwater v. BoothWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977

3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Grove by and Through Grove v. MyersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1989
  2. Wheeler v. MurphyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1994
  3. Pack v. Van MeterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1986
  4. Lenox v. McCauleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1992
  5. Marsch v. American Electric Power Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1999

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