Cline v. White

WORKMAN, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon a writ of prohibition asking this Court to prohibit the Circuit Court of Pleasants County, Judge Sam White presiding, from requiring petitioners to disclose the identity of non-party settlors to the defendants. The petitioners contend that the lower court had no authority to require the disclosure of the identities of nonparty settlors. We agree and grant said writ.

The petitioners are members of various building trade organizations who, during the course of their work, were exposed to airborne asbestos fibers. Consequently, petitioners filed…