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JOHNSON v. W.VA. UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS

No. 19678.

413 S.E.2d 889 (1991)

Lofton JOHNSON, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC., Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided November 21, 1991.

Rehearing Denied February 13, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Gallagher, Timothy F. Cogan, Wheeling, for appellant.

Clark B. Frame, Wesley W. Metheney, J. Michael Benninger, for appellee.

McHUGH, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc., the defendant below, from a jury verdict rendered in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County. The appellee and plaintiff below is Lofton Johnson. The verdict against the appellant was in the amount of $2 million, reduced to $1.9 million by the appellee's 5% contributory negligence.

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