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MORNINGSTAR v. BLACK & DECKER MFG. CO.

No. CC905.

253 S.E.2d 666 (1979)

Dean V. MORNINGSTAR et al. v. The BLACK AND DECKER MANUFACTURING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

April 3, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preiser & Wilson, Stanley E. Preiser, Donald R. Wilson, Monty L. Preiser, R. Joseph Zak, Ted M. Kanner, Charleston, for plaintiffs.

Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, W. T. Shaffer, James A. Yates, Charleston, for defendant.

James M. Sprouse, Charleston, G. Charles Hughes, Moundsville, amicus curiae for WV Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

MILLER, Justice:

This case presents the question of the extent to which a manufacturer of a defective product is liable in tort in this State to a person injured by such product.

The question comes to us from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia under the Uniform Certification of Questions of Law Act.1 The plaintiffs, the Morningstars, filed a personal...

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