Blankenship v. Bowen's Roof Bolts Sales & Service, Inc.

This is an appeal by Phyllis Blankenship and others from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Mingo County dismissing their personal injury action against Bowen’s Roof Bolts Sales and Service, Inc. and James I. Wolford. The action was dismissed because the appellants and their counsel failed to appear for trial. On appeal, the appellants claim that they were not informed of the trial date and that, under the circumstances, the trial court erred in dismissing their action for nonappearance. They also claim that the trial court should have set aside the dismissal when the peculiar facts of their…