Wrenn v. West Virginia Department of Transportation

WORKMAN, Justice:

This ease is before this Court upon an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Wyoming County, West Virginia, granting a motion to dismiss filed by the Appellee and Defendant below, the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways (hereinafter called “DOH”). In that Order, the circuit court concluded that the DOH is entitled to sovereign immunity in this case because the plain language of Endorsement No. 7 of the State of West Virginia’s (hereinafter called “the State”) liability insurance policy excludes coverage for the claims asserted by the…