Higginbotham v. City of Charleston

Caplan, Chief Justice:

In a civil action in the Common Pleas Court of Kanawha County the plaintiffs, Evelyn Higginbotham and Robert S. Higginbotham, sought recovery against the defendants, The City of Charleston, West Virginia Water Company, a corporation, United Fuel Gas Company, a corporation, and Appalachian Power Company, a corporation, for damages alleged to have been incurred by reason of injuries suffered by Evelyn Higginbotham when she fell on said city’s property. Robert S. Higginbotham, her husband, sought recovery in that action for loss of consortium and for the payment of medical…