Patrick D. and Katherine F. Leggett v. EQT Production Co.

FILED November 17, 2016 released at 3:00 p.m. No. 16-0136 – Leggett et al. v. EQT Production Co. et al. RORY L. PERRY, II CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA LOUGHRY, Justice, dissenting, joined by KETCHUM, Chief Justice: In deciding that this Court’s decision in Tawney1 controls the outcome of the instant case–one which presents a question of pure statutory interpretation rather than the lease-driven issue resolved in Tawney–the majority has wrongly relied on precedent that is inapposite and clearly not controlling. In its haste to fill the four square corners of Tawney with this…