COFFINDAFFER v. COFFINDAFFER

No. 13787.

244 S.E.2d 338 (1978)

Helen COFFINDAFFER v. Bernard COFFINDAFFER.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

May 16, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preiser & Wilson, Monty L. Preiser, Charleston, for appellant.

Marvin W. Masters, Charleston, for appellee.


MILLER, Justice:

We are asked in this appeal to consider again the question of whether one spouse may maintain against the other an action for recovery of damages for personal injuries. Stated more simply, the question is whether the doctrine of interspousal immunity should be abolished.

On February 11, 1976, Mrs. Helen Coffindaffer, appellant and plaintiff below, was operating her automobile on a public highway when it was struck by an automobile driven by...

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