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· 4/11/1997

Evans v. Mutual Mining

Citations

  • 485 S.E.2d 695
  • 199 W. Va. 526
  • 1997 W. Va. LEXIS 49

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that, under the West Virginia Rules of Evidence, a lay witness is qualified to give lay testimony as to the value of destroyed or damaged personal property based on his or her personal knowledge
  • concluding the owner of destroyed or damaged personal property is qualified to give lay testimony as to the value of the personal property based on his or her personal knowledge
  • lay opinion testimony must be “based on the witness’ perception” of events
  • lay opinion testimony must be \based on the witness' perception\ of events

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Judges: Starcher

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