State Ex Rel. Ward v. Hill

STARCHER, Justice.

This original proceeding for a writ of prohibition asks this Court to vacate a January 24, 1997 ruling of the Circuit Court of Wood County allowing the defendants who remain in the underlying case to use the expert witnesses designated by the defendant who settled his portion of the case. The relators raise two questions in their petition: first, did the circuit court violate Rule 6(d) [1978] of the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure by holding a hearing on a substantive issue when the relators, plaintiffs in the underlying medical malpractice suit, were provided less…