State Ex Rel. Mobil Corp. v. Gaughan

Petitioner Mobil Corporation 1 seeks extraordinary relief from a February 26, 2002, Trial Scheduling Order 2 entered by the Circuit Court of Kanawha County in connection with certain asbestos-based personal injury cases that have been amassed under West Virginia Trial Court Rule (“TCR”) 26.01. Mobil argues that the procedures contemplated by the lower court in connection with bringing the asbestos eases to trial will, as a matter of certainty, result in a denial of its Due Process rights if trials ensue under the outlined, but as yet unfinalized, trial procedures. Upon our full review of this…