BLACKBURN v. SMITH

No. 14466.

264 S.E.2d 158 (1980)

Karen BLACKBURN v. Orville L. SMITH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

March 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Beckett, Burford & James, and Charles E. Heilmann, Huntington, for appellant.

Jenkins, Fenstermaker, Krieger, Kayes & Farrell, Norman K. Fenstermaker, Huntington, for appellee.


PER CURIAM:

Among other points, the appellant in this personal injury action, Karen Blackburn, contends that the trial court erred in failing to give an instruction explaining to the jury the law of imputed negligence as it applied to the factual issues in this case. We agree.

The appellant was injured in an automobile collision which occurred in Huntington on March 29, 1976. Although at the time of the accident she was a passenger in a car driven by her husband...

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