Kane v. Corning Glass Works

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s failure to apply the appropriate standard regarding motions for a directed verdict and from its misapplication of the appropriate standards set forth in Syllabus Point 1 of Mandolidis v. Elkins Industries, Inc., 161 W.Va. 695, 246 S.E.2d 907 (1978) and in the single Syllabus of Cline v. Joy Mfg. Co., 172 W.Va. 769, 310 S.E.2d 835 (1983).

In Syllabus Point 5 of Wager v. Sine, 157 W.Va. 391, 201 S.E.2d 260 (1973), this Court stated the general rule that, “Upon a motion for a directed verdict, all reasonable doubts and inferences should be resolved in…