DOBSON v. EASTERN ASSOCIATED COAL CORP.

No. 20482.

422 S.E.2d 494 (1992)

188 W.Va. 17

Dallas Stevenson DOBSON, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. EASTERN ASSOCIATED COAL CORPORATION, a Corporation, West Virginia Division, Defendant Below, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 23, 1992.

Dissenting Opinion February 10, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. David Morrison, Steptoe & Johnson, Clarksburg, for appellant.

Frank M. Ellison, Madison, for Appellee.

Mario J. Palumbo, Kathleen Manshiem, Mary Catherine Buchmelter, Office of Atty. Gen., Charleston, for amicus curiae, W.Va. Human Rights Com'n.

Robert Bastress, Allan N. Karlin, Emily Spieler, Morgantown, for amici curiae, W.Va. Chapter of Nat. Organization for Women, W.Va. Civil Liberties Union and W.Va. Branch of Nat. Ass'n for Advancement of Colored People.


McHUGH, Chief Justice.

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Eastern Associated Coal Corporation, the defendant below, from the May 17, 1991 order of the Circuit Court of Boone County. The appellee and plaintiff below is Dallas S. Dobson. The appellant is aggrieved by the circuit court's denial of the appellant's motion to set aside the jury verdict rendered in favor of the appellee in the amount of $325,000...

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