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GOODEN v. COUNTY COM'N OF WEBSTER COUNTY

No. CC933.

298 S.E.2d 103 (1982)

Rachel GOODEN v. COUNTY COMMISSION OF WEBSTER COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy R. Ruckman, Callaghan & Callaghan, Richwood, for plaintiff.

Linda Nelson Garrett, Pros. Atty., Webster Springs, for defendant.

Ernest V. Morton, Jr., Webster Springs, amicus curiae.

HARSHBARGER, Justice:

This case is properly before the Court upon a certified question from the Circuit Court of Webster County, asking us to decide whether a county commission can be held liable in a tort action for personal injuries caused by negligence of its employees. The circuit court in denying the county commission's motion to dismiss ruled that county commissions no longer have common-law governmental immunity. We affirm that decision.

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