Wilfong v. Chenoweth Ford, Inc.

WORKMAN, Justice:

This case arises upon certified questions from the Circuit Court of Harrison County and concerns the issue of whether the exclusivity provision of the West Virginia Human Rights Act (the “Act”), West Virginia Code §§ 5-11-1 to -19 (1994 and Supp.1994), found in West Virginia Code § 5-ll-13(a), prohibits the institution of an action under the Act if the same issues have previously been addressed through administrative proceedings of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”). The additional question is raised as to whether the statute of limitations that is…