Dahmer v. State Fair of West Virginia, Inc.
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Riley, Judge:
Martin Dahmer, Jr., Administrator of the estate of Martin Van Burén Dahmer, deceased, instituted in the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County this action of trespass on the case against The State Fair of West Virginia, a corporation, hereinafter sometimes referred to as “State Fair”, to recover damages of ten thousand dollars for decedent’s death allegedly occasioned by State Fair’s negligent failure to provide decedent with a reasonably safe place in which to work. The jury having returned a verdict for the full amount sought to be recovered, and the trial court having entered…
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