180 W. Va. 319 - Hess v. Arbogast’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
18
cited by 18 later decisions
1
states following
May 2003
most recently cited
18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey · 160 W. Va. 694 - O'NEIL v. City of Parkersburg · Kerr v. Lunsford · 157 W. Va. 724 - Higginbotham v. City of Charleston · McMechen v. McMechen
Most-quoted passages
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““ ‘ “Upon a motion to direct a verdict for the defendant, every reasonable and legitimate inference fairly arising from the testimony, when considered in its entirety, must be indulged in favorably to plaintiff; and the court must assume as true those facts which the jury may properly find under the evidence. Syllabus, Nichols v. Raleigh-Wyoming Coal Co., 112 W.Va. 85 [ 163 S.E. 767 (1932)].’” Point 1, Syllabus, Jenkins v. Chatterton, 143 W.Va. 250 [ 100 S.E.2d 808 ] (1957).””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Under W. Va. R. Evid. 803(8)(C), the contents of a public report or document are ... assumed to be trustworthy, unless the opponent of the report establishes that the report is sufficiently untrustworthy.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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