DOE v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

Nos. 26012, 29335.

558 S.E.2d 663 (2001)

210 W.Va. 664

Jane DOE, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., A Corporation; B.C. Associates Limited Partnership, a Limited Partnership; and Robert Belcher, Defendants Below, Appellees. Jane Doe, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., A Corporation, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 7, 2001.

Concurring opinion of Justice Starcher December 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Rowe, Suzanne Jett Trowbridge, Goodwin & Goodwin, Charleston, for appellant.

James D. McQueen, Lynnette S. Simon, McQueen, Harmon & Murphy, Charleston, for appellee, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.


DAVIS, Justice:

Jane Doe, appellant/plaintiff below (hereinafter referred to as "Ms. Doe"), appeals an adverse jury verdict from the Circuit Court of Raleigh County.1 Ms. Doe has assigned error to rulings by the trial court that involve: (1) the failure to disqualify a potential juror for cause; (2) erroneous jury instructions; (3) the empty chair closing argument;

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