State Ex Rel. Farber v. Mazzone

Petitioner Michael C. Farber has requested this Court to issue of writ of prohibition against the Honorable James P. Mazzone of the Circuit Court of Brooke County preventing the lower court from asserting jurisdiction over him in the underlying professional liability action, due to defective service of process, and to quash a subpoena duces te-cum requiring Mr. Farber to produce records in the underlying civil action. Having thoroughly reviewed the arguments of the parties, we grant the requested writ of prohibition.

I. Factual and Procedural History

On July 11, 1997, Mi-. John R. Bailey filed…