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BRENT v. BD. OF TRUSTEES, ETC.

No. 13908.

256 S.E.2d 432 (1979)

Patricia Ann BRENT v. The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF DAVIS AND ELKINS COLLEGE, Martha Ann Phipps, and Corning Glass Works, a corporation.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

July 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. A. Zagula, Leonard Z. Alpert, Weirton, for appellant.

Lester C. Hess, Jr., Paul T. Tucker, Bachmann, Hess, Bachmann & Garden, Wheeling, George J. Anetakis and Carl N. Frankovitch, Frankovitch & Anetakis, Weirton, for appellees.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

Patricia Ann Brent was injured when a glass test tube exploded during a chemistry laboratory session at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia. She sued the college; Martha Ann Phipps, the laboratory supervisor; and Corning Glass Works, manufacturer of the tube, in Hancock County Circuit Court.1 Whatever legal connection there is between Hancock County and the cause of action must...

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