STATE EX REL. NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. v. Karl

664 S.E.2d 667 (2008)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner,

v.

The Honorable Mark A. KARL, Judge of the Circuit Court of Marshall County and Stacey Meadows, Respondents.

No. 33651.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted January 8, 2008.

Decided February 14, 2008.

Dissenting Opinion of Chief Justice Maynard June 27, 2008.

Amy Pigg Shafer, W. Stephen Flesher, Law Offices of W. Stephen Flesher, Nationwide Trial Division, Wheeling, WV, for Petitioner.

Jill Cranston Bentz, Sarah Ghiz Korwan, Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Charleston, WV, for Amici Curiae The…