Crum v. Equity Inns, Inc.

This case required the Court to determine whether the circuit court erred in denying the appellant’s motion to amend his complaint and refusing to disturb its prior grant of summary judgment to Equity Inns. The majority opinion concluded that the circuit court’s order was proper. For the reasons outlined below, I believe that the majority of this Court has erred in upholding the circuit court’s actions. Therefore, I dissent.

The appellant was legitimately upon the premises of the Hampton Inn1 in Beckley, West Virginia, serving as a mediator for a civil lawsuit, and as such, occupied the status…