McGuire v. Fitzsimmons

McHUGH, Chief Justice:

This case addresses a certified question from the Circuit Court of Monongalia County concerning the venue of the circuit court under W.Va.Code, 56-1-1(a)(1) [1986]. See syllabus pt. 3, Bass v. Coltelli, 192 W.Va. 516, 453 S.E.2d 350 (1994); see also W.Va. R.App.P. 13 [1995] and W.Va.Code, 58-5-2 [1967] for proceedings for certified questions. The plaintiffs in this legal malpractice case are George McGuire and Judith McGuire, and the defendants are Robert P. Fitzsim-mons and Fitzsimmons and Parson, L.C. The certified question concerns where, in a legal malpractice case,…