Guy v. Lanark Fuel Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Raleigh County. Action by Annie L. Guy against the Lanark Fuel Company. Yerdiet for plaintiff, and, from an order granting a. new trial, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
William's, Judge:
Plaintiff recovered a verdict for $12,500 damages against defendant in an action of trespass on the case for a personal injury, alleged to have been caused by the malpractice of Dr. A. B. Nelson, who was employed by defendant company to treat its employees and their families. The court sustained defendant’s motion to set aside the verdict, and granted it a new trial, and plaintiff was awarded this writ of error to that order of the court. Her counsel urge that it was error to set aside the verdict.
Defendant is engaged in mining coal, and employs a.large n,umber of miners.- It…
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