Hartford Fire Insurance v. Micah A. & Angela L. Curtis and Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. Jerry Lee Rhodes & Bonnie M. Cochran

No. 12-0037-Hartford Fire Insurance Co., v. Micah A. Curtis and Angela L. Curtis, and No. 12-0522-Hartford Fire Insurance Co., v. Jerry Lee Rhodes and Bonnie M. Cochran FILED June 21, 2013 RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA Chief Justice Benjamin dissenting: The majority’s application of the exception in State v. Myers, 74 W. Va. 488,

82 S.E. 270

(1914) is based on the faulty premise that the bonds in these cases are judgment bonds. However, the express conditions of the bonds make it clear that they are performance bonds as they are conditioned upon the bond…