COURTNEY v. STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH

No. 19196.

388 S.E.2d 491 (1989)

Karen COURTNEY, Phyllis Knopp, Carol Crum, Mary Ball, Ruth Boggs, Betty Nida, and District 1199 West Virginia/Kentucky/Ohio, National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, AFL-CIO v. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH OF WEST VIRGINIA and Dr. George Lilley, Jr., its Director; West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency and Sally Richardson, its Director; West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System; Civil Service Commission of West Virginia and Lowell Basford, its Acting Director.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

December 20, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Harless, Charleston, for Karen Courtney, Phyllis Knopp, Carol Crum, Mary Ball, Ruth Boggs, Betty Nida and District 1199 WV/KY/OH, Nat. Union of Hosp. and Health Care Employees, AFLCIO.

Roger Tompkins, Atty. Gen. and Nora M. Antlake, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for West Virginia Div. of Health and George Lilley, Jr.

James A. Swart, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for West Virginia Public Employees Ins. Agency, Sally Richardson, and West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System.

Jan Fox, Deputy Atty. Gen., Charleston, for West Virginia Civil Service Com'n.


McHUGH, Justice:

This original proceeding is before the Court upon the petition for a writ of mandamus filed by approximately 183 former employees of Spencer Hospital, the National Union of Hospital and Health Care Employees, and the AFL-CIO. The respondents are the State Department of Health (currently known as the "Division of Health"), the West Virginia Public Employees Insurance Agency, the Civil Service Commission...

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