Korzun v. Chang-Keun Yi

SCOTT, Justice:

This ease arises upon certified question from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia and presents the issue of whether a self-insured automobile rental company is an “insurance company” within the meaning of West Virginia Code § 56-3-31(h)(7) (Supp. 1999) for purposes of effecting service of process on behalf of a nonresident motorist driver. After examining the applicable statutory provisions, we conclude that the statutory definition of “insurance company” does include entities such as self-insured automobile rental companies and…