Brent v. Board of Trustees of David & Elkins College

Harshbarger, Justice:

Patricia Ann Brent was injured when a glass test tube exploded during a chemistry laboratory session at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. She sued the college; Martha Ann Phipps, the laboratory supervisor; and Corning Glass Works, manu*391facturer of the tube, in Hancock County Circuit Court.1 Whatever legal connection there is between Hancock County and the cause of action must be Coming’s alleged activity there. The court dismissed her complaint because it lacked venue.

W.Va. Code, 56-1-1 applies:

Any action or other proceeding at law or suit…