State Ex Rel. Dunlap v. Berger

STARCHER, Justice:

In the instant case, Mr. James Dunlap, 1 who is a plaintiff below and the petitioner before this Court, claims in a civil lawsuit filed in May of 2000 in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County that Friedman’s, Inc., a jewelry store chain doing business in West Virginia (“Friedman’s”); Friedman’s insurance company partners, American Bankers Insurance Company of Florida and American Bankers Life Assurance Company of Florida (together, American Bankers”); and certain named individuals who are or were managerial employees of Friedman’s — all of whom are the defendants below and the…