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STATE FARM v. STEPHENS

No. 21368.

425 S.E.2d 577 (1992)

188 W.Va. 622

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Honorable Booker T. STEPHENS, Judge of the Circuit Court of McDowell County, Donald Ray Perkins and Sheila D. Perkins, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 16, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Carter Elkins, Laura L. Gray, Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon, Huntington, for petitioner.

G. David Brumfield, Welch, for respondents Donald Ray Perkins and Sheila D. Perkins.

John M. Hedges, Charleston, for respondent Booker T. Stephens.

MILLER, Justice:

In this original proceeding in prohibition, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) asks us to prevent the Circuit Court of McDowell County from enforcing an order entered July 10, 1992, which held State Farm in contempt for failing to comply with court-ordered discovery and assessed a penalty against State Farm of $5,000 for each day of continued noncompliance. State Farm contends that...

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