Drake v. Snider

Janice Sharon Drake, as the Administra-trix of the estate of Nannie Hager, appellant/plaintiff below, (hereinafter “Ms. Drake”) appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Mingo County granting summary judgment in favor of Richard Snider 1 and State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (hereinafter “State Farm”), appel-lees/defendants below. Ms. Drake makes two assignments of error: (1) discovery was needed prior to deciding State Farm’s summary judgment motion, and (2) the circuit court misunderstood the law applicable to a bad faith claim under W. Va.Code § 33-11-4(9). After a careful…