Legal Opinion
Nelson v. West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Board
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided January 20, 1983No. 15468PublishedCited by 227 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGRAW, Justice:
This is an original proceeding in mandamus. The petitioners are Robert Nelson, Kathleen Via and Leoda Fortney. Petitioner Nelson is a member of the Senate of West Virginia and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking and Insurance. Petitioners Via and Fortney are surviving spouses of former employees of the State of West Virginia and its political subdivisions. The respondents are the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Board, a body created and established in 1971 under the provisions of W.Va.Code § 5-16-3 (1979 Replacement Vol.) to provide group health and life…
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