Buckhannon-Upshur County Airport Authority v. R & R Coal Contracting, Inc.

WORKMAN, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon a January 28, 1991, order of the Circuit Court of Upshur County which certified six questions to this Court. 1 The lower court answered each of the certified questions in the affirmative. We decline to address the certified questions as formulated since they are largely redundant. 2 The question which must be addressed is whether a liability insurer is liable, on behalf of its insured, to a third-party claimant for prejudgment and/or presettlement interest, in excess of those proceeds of insurance which are subject to the limits of liability…