CLINE v. WHITE

No. 19281.

393 S.E.2d 923 (1990)

Rufus CLINE and Beulah Cline, et al. v. Honorable Sam WHITE, Judge of the Third Judicial Circuit; Armstrong World Industries, Inc.; Fibreboard Corporation; Flexitalic, Inc.; GAF Corporation; Keene Industries; National Gypsum Company; Owens-Illinois, Inc.; Pittsburg Corning Corporation; Turner & Newell PLC; United States Gypsum; Raymark Industries; Celotex; Garlock, Inc.; Ohio Valley Insulating; Nitro Industrial Coverings, Inc.; Tasco Insulations, Inc.; Owens Corning Fiberglas, Inc.; H.K. Porter Co.; Union Boiler Company; Eagle Picher; Foster Wheeler Corporation; The Marmon Group; and Sealite Corporation.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

May 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott S. Segal, Hostler and Segal, Charleston, for Rufus Cline and Beulah Cline, et al.

Sam White, Judge, Circuit Court, St. Marys, Richard G. Lewis, Jones, Gregg, Creehan & Gerace, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Raymark Industries and Celotex.

Frank A. O'Brien, Wray V. Voegelin, O'Brien, Cassidy & Gallagher, Wheeling, for Garlock, Inc.

Stephen P. Goodwin, Goodwin & Goodwin, Charleston, for Nitro Industrial Coverings.

David A. Faber, R. Scott Long, Spilman, Thomas, Battle & Klostermeyer, Charleston, for GAF Corp.

Arthur R. Gorr, Gorr, Dell & Loughney, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Foster Wheeler Corp.

John Preston Bailey, James A. Byrum, Jr., Byrum & Bailey, Wheeling, for Sealite Corp.

Charles Bagley, Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon, Huntington, for Eagle Picher.

Shawn P. George, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, for The Marmon Group.

Albert H. Parnell, Kimberly Houston, H. Lane Young, Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta, Ga., for Armstrong World Industries, Inc., Fibreboard Corp., Flexitalic, Inc., GAF Corp., Keene Industries, National Gypsum Co., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pittsburg Corning Corp., Turner & Newell PLC, U.S. Gypsum.

Boyd L. Warner, Waters, Warner & Harris, Clarksburg, for Tasco Insulations, Inc.

David Hendrickson, Kay, Casto, Chaney, Love & Wise, Charleston, for Fibreboard Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Pittsburg Corning Corp.

Steven Wright, Skelton, Taintor & Abbott, Auburn, for H.K. Porter Co.

John J. Repcheck, Sharlock, Repcheck & Mahler, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Anchor Packing Co., Union Boiler Co.

Eric Falk, Paul K. Vey, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek, Eck & Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Ohio Valley Insulating.

Robert Losey, Wood, Grimm & Delp, Huntington, for Owens Corning Fiberglas, Inc.

Robert O'Donnell, Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Norfolk, Va., for Fibreboard Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc.


WORKMAN, Justice:

This case is before the Court upon a writ of prohibition asking this Court to prohibit the Circuit Court of Pleasants County, Judge Sam White presiding, from requiring petitioners to disclose the identity of nonparty settlors to the defendants. The petitioners contend that the lower court had no authority to require the disclosure of the identities of nonparty settlors. We agree and grant said writ.

The petitioners are members of various...

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