State Ex Rel. Vedder v. Zakaib

MAYNARD, Justice.

Petitioner, Nancy Vedder, seeks a writ of mandámus from this Court to compel the Circuit Court of Kanawha County to grant Petitioner’s motion to amend her complaint to add a cause of action for spoliation of evidence against Respondent Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. For the reasons that follow, we deny the requested writ.

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FACTS

On March 16, 2001, Petitioner Nancy Ved-der was driving her husband’s 1997 Toyota 4Runner down Horsepen Mountain in Mingo County when she was involved in a single-car roll-over automobile crash. Petitioner claims that she crashed after swerving to…