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DAVIS v. CELOTEX CORP.

No. 20651.

420 S.E.2d 557 (1992)

187 W.Va. 566

Ronald DAVIS, Executor of the Estate of Jennings Davis, Appellee, v. The CELOTEX CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 12, 1992.

Rehearing Denied July 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott Segal, Hostler & Segal, Charleston, and Theodore Goldberg and Tybe A. Brett, Henderson & Goldberg, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellee.

Kathleen S. McAllister, Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant.

MILLER, Justice:

The Celotex Corporation appeals a final order of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, which entered a judgment on a jury verdict awarding Ronald Davis, as executor of the estate of Jennings Davis, $66,000 in compensatory damages and $40,000 in punitive damages because of the asbestos-related death of his father. Celotex contends that the trial court erred in permitting the award of punitive damages against...

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