Legal Opinion
Handley v. Union Carbide Corp.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided October 17, 1985No. Civ. A. 84-2270PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HADEN, Chief Judge.
This is a Mandolidis-type 1 action brought under the workers’ compensation laws of the State of West Virginia. W. Va. Code, § 23-4-2. 2 That section of the Code was extensively amended in 1983. This action arises under the amended version.
The trial was bifurcated pursuant to the holding of Mooney v. Eastern Associated Coal Corp., 326 S.E.2d 427 (W.Va.1984). 3 Trial on the issue of liability was held the week of August 5, 1985. At the conclusion of the Plaintiffs’ case and again at the close of all the evidence, the Defendant moved for a directed…
2Cases cited50 opinions
- Samuel Simblest v. Joseph MaynardCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1970
- Dick v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- California Computer Products, Inc. And Century Data Systems, Inc., Plaintiffs v. International Business MacHines CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Mandolidis v. Elkins Industries, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1978
- Patzig v. O'NeilCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Mayles v. Shoney's, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
- Sias v. W-P Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1991
- Handley v. Union Carbide Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1986
- Miller v. City Hospital, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
- Ferris v. V.I. Industrial Gases, Inc.District Court, Virgin Islands · 1987
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