Ronald W. Dowell, Administrator of the Estate of Jackie Lynn Dowell, Deceased v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Automobile Insurance Company

OPINION

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue on appeal is whether the district court abused its discretion in denying Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) (Rule 60(b)) relief predicated on a change in state decisional law. We are of opinion that the district' court did not abuse its discretion and' we affirm its decision denying Rule 60(b) relief.

I

The particular facts giving rise to the original cause of action are sufficiently detailed in the district court’s opinion, see Dowell v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Auto Ins. Co., 774 F.Supp. 996 (S.D.W.Va.1991), and we will restate only the facts pertinent to this…