Wood v. Acordia of West Virginia, Inc.

Justice BENJAMIN delivered the Opinion of the Court.

Justice STARCHER dissents and reserves the right to file a dissenting opinion.

BENJAMIN, Justice.

This action is before this Court upon the appeal of Mark Wood, et al., from a summary judgment granted in the Circuit Court of Mercer County, West Virginia, on January 26, 2004, in favor of the appellees, Acordia of West Virginia, Inc., a West Virginia corporation, and its parent company, Acordia, Inc., a Delaware corporation. The appellants, Mark Wood, Patricia Compton, Jack Cecil, Steve Pierce and Sid Nash, filed the action on behalf of…