Bias v. Eastern Associated Coal Corp.

640 S.E.2d 540 (2006)

Berchie Eugene BIAS and Patricia Carol Bias, Plaintiffs,

v.

EASTERN ASSOCIATED COAL CORPORATION, Defendant.

No. 32778.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Submitted: January 10, 2005.

Decided: June 8, 2006.

Concurring and Dissenting Opinion of Justice Albright June 23, 2006.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Starcher July 13, 2006.

Concurring Opinion of Justice Davis July 18, 2006.

Norman W. White, Brian L. Ooten, Shaffer & Shaffer, P.L.L.C., Madison, for Plaintiffs.

Ancil G. Ramey, H. Toney Stroud, Steptoe & Johnson, P.L.L.C., Charleston, for Defendant.

Benjamin, Justice:

The…