Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Suriano v. Gaughan
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 5, 1996No. 23555PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLECKLEY, Justice:
In this original proceeding for a writ of prohibition, 1 the relators, the Ohio County Education Association [hereinafter the OCEA] and Joseph Suriano, Jr., former president of the OCEA, request that we prohibit the respondent, the Honorable Martin J. Gaughan, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, from holding further proceedings in the underlying libel action filed by-Thomas J. Romano, M.D. The alleged defamatory statements were contained in a newspaper advertisement and a newspaper article in which the OCEA and then-president Suriano criticized Dr. Romano’s withdrawal…
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