City of Fairmont v. Retail, Wholesale, & Department Store Union

Miller, Justice:

The Circuit Court of Marion County determined that upon the limited facts presented to it through pleadings, affidavits and a summary judgment hearing that a peaceful strike by employees of a municipal hospital did not give rise to a cause of action for damages against certain labor unions. It thereupon certified its rulings to this Court under the provisions of W. Va. Code 58-5-2. The certified questions are set out in the margin.1 For reasons more fully stated herein, we decline to address the certified questions in the precise manner in which they are formulated to us since…