McCammon v. Oldaker

MAYNARD, Justice:

We are called upon here to answer three certified questions from the Circuit Court of Harrison County regarding malicious prosecution and tort of outrage claims brought in a medical malpractice eountersuit against the attorneys for the plaintiff in the underlying-medical malpractice suit. The certified questions and the circuit court’s answers are as follows 1 :

I. Whether, the applicable West Virginia statute of limitation bars claims for malicious prosecution and the tort of outrage where the jury verdict was entered in the underlying medical malpractice action more than 2&…