Beamer v. Thompson

By Judge G. Carter Greer

In this personal injury case, which the plaintiff filed in the Patrick County Circuit Court, the plaintiff seeks compensatory damages as a result of injuries that he sustained when he fell off a barn roof that he was painting for the defendant. The case posits five theories of recovery but, primarily, rests upon the alleged failure of the defendant to provide a safe workplace, which is a cause of action at common law. Both parties have filed motions in limine, which the court now addresses. For the purpose of the defendant’s motion, the court assumes but does not…