GENERAL PIPELINE CONST., INC. v. HAIRSTON

Nos. 13-0933, 13-0934.

765 S.E.2d 163 (2014)

GENERAL PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION, INC., Petitioner, v. Cora Phillips HAIRSTON, et al., Respondents, and Equitable Production Company, Petitioner, v. Cora Phillips Hairston, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 17, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel R. Schuda, Esq. , Schuda & Associates, PLLC, Charleston, WV, for Petitioner General Pipeline Construction, Inc.

Brian R. Swiger, Esq. , Rodney W. Stieger, Esq. , Jackson Kelly PLLC, Charleston, WV, for Petitioner Equitable Production Company.

Kevin W. Thompson, Esq. , David R. Barney, Jr., Esq. , Thompson Barney, Charleston, WV, for Respondents.


In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan County, we are asked to review a jury's verdict finding that two defendants desecrated numerous graves in an old, rural cemetery. The plaintiffs established that the defendants bulldozed a road through the cemetery, damaging the graves of their deceased next-of-kin.

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