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STATE EX REL. STATE FARM MUT. AUTO. INS. CO. v. MARKS

Nos. 12-0304, 12-0210.

741 S.E.2d 75 (2012)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURACNCE COMPANY, Petitioner v. Honorable John Lewis MARKS, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, et al., Respondents. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, Defendant Below, Petitioner v. Carmella J. Faris and Robert Faris, Plaintiffs Below, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided November 15, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Piccirillo , Shaffer & Shaffer, PLLC, Madison, WV, Denise D. Pentino , Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Wheeling, WV, Attorneys for the Petitioner, State Farm Mutual Insurance Co.

David J. Romano , Romano Law Office, Clarksburg, WV, Attorney for the Respondents, Matthew L. Huggins and Carmella J. Faris and Robert Faris.

Mark A. Behrens , PHV, Cary Silverman, PHV, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Washington, District of Columbia, Ancil G. Ramey , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Huntington, WV, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae, The American Tort Reform Association.

Brian D. Morrison , Bailey & Wyant, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Attorney for Amicus Curiae, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia.

Marvin W. Masters , Kelly Elswick-Hall , Richard A. Monahan , The Masters Law Firm LC, Charleston, WV, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Association for Justice.

James D. Lamp , Matthew J. Perry , Lamp, O'Dell, Bartram, Levy, Trautwein & Perry, PLLC, Huntington, WV, Attorneys for Amici Curiae, West Virginia Insurance Federation, American Insurance Association, and The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies.

Thomas V. Flaherty , Tammy R. Harvey , Kiersan C. Smith , Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Attorneys for the Petitioner, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

Corey L. Palumbo , Thomas Hancock , Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love LLP, Charleston Virginia, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae, Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Company.

James G. Hertz , PHV, Andrew J. Sosnowski , PHV, Des Plaines, Illinois, David K. Hendrickson , R. Scott Long , Barbara A. Samples , Hendrickson & Long, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Attorneys for Amici Curiae, National Insurance Crime Bureau and Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.

Andrew R. Pauley , Victor A. Mullins , Offices of the West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Charleston, WV, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Insurance Commissioner.

D.C. Offutt, Jr. , Matthew Mains , Offutt Nord Burchett, PLLC, Huntington, WV, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company, Inc.

DAVIS, Justice:

For the third year in a row, this Court has been asked to consider whether medical protective orders are valid and enforceable to limit the dissemination and retention of medical records obtained through discovery.1 Such orders have been entered in lawsuits filed by plaintiffs seeking compensation for the injuries they have sustained in motor vehicle accidents caused by other motorists. Repeatedly, the insurers from whom...

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