Court Opinion

ID: 9851935
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 05:21:52.286301+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:22:19.843577
License: Public Domain

Haymond, Judge,
concurring:
I concur in the decision of this case to reverse the judgment of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, but I disagree with the statements in the last two paragraphs of the majority opinion which relate to the evidence in the deposition in the Carletex Corporation case and the Higbee and Kelly affidavits and the discussion of the sufficiency of the evidence to support the finding of the trial court which are not material to the decision. The statements give the impression, at least to me, that the judgment of the trial court was reversed because not supported by the evidence. This is not the ground on which I voted to reverse the judgment. Where there is a dispute as to any material fact, as there is in this case, summary judgment must be denied. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company v. Federal Insurance Company of New York, 148 W.Va. 160, 133 S.E.2d 770. Because of the statements concerning the weight of the evidence and in order to record my understanding that the judgment of the trial court was reversed because the case involved a disputed question of fact and not because of the erroneous finding of fact by the trial court, I file this concurring opinion and concur in the reversal of the summary judgment rendered by the Circuit Court of Monongalia County.