KING v. KAYAK MFG. GORP

No. 18910.

387 S.E.2d 511 (1989)

Clifford KING v. KAYAK MANUFACTURING CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

November 9, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Hamstead, Jacques R. Williams, Hamstead & Williams, Morgantown, for Kayak Mfg. Corp.

Darwin F. Johnson, Morgantown, Peter Perlman, Peter Perlman Law Offices, P.S.C., Lexington, Ky., for appellee.


MILLER, Justice.

In this product liability case, we are asked to determine whether the trial court was correct in directing a verdict in favor of the plaintiff on the issue of liability at the conclusion of all the evidence. The plaintiff became a quadriplegic after he dove into an above-ground swimming pool which contained approximately four feet of water. The defendant's chief defense was that the plaintiff, having used...

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