Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is unless excluded or modified under the next section an implied warranty that the goods shall be fit for such purpose.
W. Va. Code § 46-2-315
Implied warranty: Fitness for particular purpose
Known as the Uniform Commercial Code
The act spans §§ 46-10-101 to 46-9-809 (630 sections).
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case Teller v. McCoy (1979)
Most recently applied in Knight v. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharm., Inc. (May 2018)
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Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.