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The Implied Warranty Of Habitability In Residential Leases, Glen L. Kettering
The Implied Warranty Of Habitability In Residential Leases, Glen L. Kettering
West Virginia Law Review
The implied warranty of habitability is a property law concept of relatively recent vintage. The development of this tenant-oriented principle has necessarily involved a departure from the traditional doctrine of caveat emptor. This Note will discuss the implied warranty of habitability itself, the rationale behind it, and the remedies it has made available to the residential tenant subjected to unsafe and unhealthy living conditions. Although much of the Note is devoted to judicial treatment of the implied warranty, particular attention is given to the recent adoption of the warranty by the American Law Institute in its second Restatement of Property. …
Conflict Of Laws--An Alternative To Lex Loci Delicti In West Virginia, F. Samuel Byrer
Conflict Of Laws--An Alternative To Lex Loci Delicti In West Virginia, F. Samuel Byrer
West Virginia Law Review
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Torts--Parent's Recovery For Loss Of Society And Companionship Of Child, Michael B. Victorson
Torts--Parent's Recovery For Loss Of Society And Companionship Of Child, Michael B. Victorson
West Virginia Law Review
In situations where a child has been killed or injured as the result of a third party's negligent, tortious act, case law overwhelmingly supports the view that a parent may not recover damages from the third-party tortfeasor for the loss of the child's society and companionship. A growing minority of cases, however, have expreessly recognized that such losses are recoverable, and other cases have employed language susceptible to the interpretation that recovery for such losses may be allowed. While most of this development has been in the area of wrongful death, rather than personal injury, the analysis for one area …