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DENT v. KAUFMAN

No. 20086.

406 S.E.2d 68 (1991)

Dorothy DENT, Petitioner, v. Honorable Tod J. KAUFMAN, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, Jack Fruth and Fruth Pharmacy, Inc., a Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Haight, Tracy L. Webb, Kay, Casto, Chaney, Love & Wise, and Stanley E. Preiser, Preiser Law Offices, Charleston, for petitioner.

Johnnie E. Brown and David D. Molgaard, McQueen Law Offices, L.C., Charleston, for respondents.

NEELY, Justice:

We are asked to decide whether all employees of a corporate defendant are "parties" to a lawsuit for the purposes of W.Va. Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 4.2 [1988].

On 11 August 1990, defendant, Fruth Pharmacy, Inc. fired plaintiff, Dorothy Dent, a cashier in its store located on Oakwood Road in Charleston, West Virginia, allegedly for negligence and violations of company policy. According to defendants, Ms. Dent's cash drawer...

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