McClanahan v. Putnam County Commission

MILLER, Justice:

The plaintiffs, Ruth Ellen MeClanahan and William G. MeClanahan, appeal from a final order of the Putnam County Circuit Court overruling their motion to set aside the verdict and award them a new trial. The jury found that the McClanahans were 51 percent negligent in a vehicular accident involving their car and an ambulance. Under our comparative negligence rule, this finding prevented any recovery by the McClanahans. See Syllabus Point 1, Everly v. Columbia Gas of West Virginia, Inc., 171 W.Va. 534, 301 S.E.2d 165 (1982); Syllabus Point 1, Adkins v. Whitten, 171 W.Va. 106,…