State Ex Rel. Allstate Insurance v. Karl

MILLER, Justice;

We granted this original proceeding in prohibition in order to resolve certain procedural issues with regard to uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage. The basic facts are not in dispute, and the ease involves critical legal questions that will substantially impact the underlying civil litigation. Thus, the issues fall within the prohibition standard set out in Syllabus Point 1 of Hinkle v. Black, 164 W.Va. 112, 262 S.E.2d 744 (1979), 1 which permits an original prohibition proceeding in this Court to correct substantial legal errors where the facts are undisputed and…