Bass v. Coltelli

MILLER, Justice: 1

In this certified case from the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, West Virginia, we are asked to address several questions which relate to a mother’s right to sue her son’s attorney. The certified questions, and the trial court’s answers to them, are as follows:

I. Does the mother of an adult son have standing to sue her son’s attorney for charging a contingent fee on medical payments for injuries incurred when the son was a minor, when the mother has received full payment for the medical ex penses she incurred and the son has no complaint with his attorney?

Answer of the…