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BASS v. COLTELLI

No. 22304.

453 S.E.2d 350 (1994)

192 W.Va. 516

Mabel BASS, Plaintiff Below, v. Laura COLTELLI and Douglas Bass, Defendants Below.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 12, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Schultz, D. Michael Burke, Askin, Burke & Schultz, Martinsburg, and Daniel R. James, Barr & James, Keyser, for plaintiff.

Richard L. Douglas, Kenneth E. Webb, Jr., Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love, Charleston, and Cynthia S. Gustke, Busch & Talbott, L.C., Elkins, for defendants.

MILLER, Justice:1

In this certified case from the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, West Virginia, we are asked to address several questions which relate to a mother's right to sue her son's attorney. The certified questions, and the trial court's answers to them, are as follows:

I. Does the mother of an adult son have standing to sue her son's attorney for charging a contingent fee on medical payments for injuries incurred when...

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