Abdulla v. Pittsburgh and Weirton Bus Co.

Haden, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal by Pittsburgh and Weirton Bus Company, a corporation, from the final judgment of the Circuit Court of Hancock County, affirming the judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Hancock County in the amount of $20,000.00 entered in favor of Ali Abdulla. The common pleas jury awarded Abdulla a verdict in *596the amount of $27,500.00 but the trial court’s judgment reflected a deduction of $7,500.00, a pro tanto settlement previously obtained from a joint tort-feasor, George Neurohr. See, Hardin v. New York Central R. Co., 145 W. Va. 676, 116 S.E.2d 697 (1960).

This…