Legal Opinion
SER North River Insurance v. Hon. Robert F. Chafin, Special Judge
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided March 27, 2014No. 13-0897PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner, The North River Insurance Company (hereinafter “North River”), invokes this Court’s original jurisdiction seeking a writ of prohibition and asks that we prevent the Circuit Court of Wyoming County; West Virginia, from enforcing its denial of a motion to dismiss, or in the alternative, motion to stay the underlying proceedings pending resolution of out-of-state litigation involving insurance coverage. For the reasons that follow, this Court denies the writ.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
A. West Virginia Proceedings
On April 19, 2010, Plaintiff Jill A. Lambert, individually, and as…
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