Coffman v. West Virginia Board of Regents

*74BROTHERTON, Justice:

The West Virginia Board of Regents appeals an order of the Circuit Court of Mo-nongalia County denying the Board's motion to set aside a jury verdict in favor of the appellee, Dorothy Coffman. In the action below, Coffman claimed that she was handicapped as a result of a back injury and that the appellants1 had wrongfully terminated her employment at West Virginia University Hospital because of that handicap. For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County and remand with instructions to enter judgment in favor of the…