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Title: Teresa E. Criss v. Charles Criss
Author : Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Release Date : January 14, 1987
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
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1. Upon a motion for a directed verdict, all reasonable doubts and inferences should be resolved in favor of the party against whom the verdict is asked to be directed. Syl. Pt. 5, Wager v. Sine, 157 W.Va. 391, 201 S.E.2d 260 (1973). 2. Under West Virginia law in an action to recover for an intentional tort, as opposed to a negligent tort, a plaintiff is entitled to have such elements as mental anguish, insult, indignity, and humiliation considered by the jury in arriving at an award for actual damages. Sprouse v. Clay Communication, Inc., 158 W.Va. 427, 454, 211 S.E.2d 674, 693 (1975), cert. denied, 423 U.S. 882, 46 L. Ed. 2d 107, 96 S. Ct. 145 (1975), reh'g denied, 423 U.S. 991, 46 L. Ed. 2d 311, 96 S. Ct. 406 (1975).