Burdette v. Columbia Gas Transmission Corp.

This action is before this Court 1 upon an appeal from the final order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, entered on July 11, 1995. The appellant, James Burdette, an employee of Shafer Contracting Company, was injured while removing trees from a right-of-way owned by the appellee, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation. Pursuant to the final order, the cir cuit court granted summary judgment for the appellee.

This Court has before it the petition for appeal, all matters of record and the briefs and argument of counsel. For the reasons stated below, this Court is of the…