State Farm Fire & Casualty v. Robin Skinner Prinz

BENJAMIN, Chief Justice:

The instant case is before the Court upon the appeal of State Farm Fire & Casualty Company (“State Farm”), Petitioner, from a June 13, 2011, judgment order and an August 4, 2011, order denying its motion to alter or amend verdict or for a new trial. State Farm alleges that the Circuit Court of Jefferson County erred in (1) applying the Dead Man’s Statute, W. Va.Code § 57-3-1 (1937), and prohibiting the jury from considering testimony from the decedent’s family members regarding where the decedent was residing on the date of his death, (2) precluding the introduction of…