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PACK v. VAN METER

No. 16561.

354 S.E.2d 581 (1986)

Zolene PACK, Plaintiff Below, v. Doyle VAN METER and C. Gregory Van Meter, Defendants Below, v. NELSON'S DRESS SHOP, INC., a West Virginia corporation, Third-Party Defendant Below.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

October 29, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charleston, Michael T. Clifford, Charleston, for plaintiff.

John C. Lobert, Charleston, W. Graham Smith, Smith & Rumora, Williamson, for defendants.

MILLER, Chief Justice:

This case involves the right of an employee to sue the owners of her place of employment for personal injuries suffered on the leased premises.

On April 29, 1980, Zolene Pack, the plaintiff and an employee of Nelson's Dress Shop, fell down an interior stairway in the store during the course of her employment. There was no handrail on the stairway, which connected the first and second floors of the store. The stairway steps were made...

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