STATE EX REL. CHAPARRO v. WILKES

No. 21903.

438 S.E.2d 575 (1993)

190 W.Va. 395

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Maurilio CHAPARRO and Susan Chaparro, Husband and Wife, Petitioners, v. Honorable Christopher C. WILKES, Judge of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County; Grove's Furniture Store; Dennis Grove, Individually; and Southland Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 9, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Rauch Coltelli, Scott H. Kaminski, Coltelli & Associates, Martinsburg, for petitioners.

William Prentice Young, Christopher K. Robertson, Jackson & Kelly, Martinsburg, for respondents Dennis Grove and Darla Grove.

Susan R. Snowden, Martin & Seibert, L.C., Martinsburg, for respondent Southland Corp.


NEELY, Justice.

The personal injury action underlying this prohibition proceeding was filed by Maurilio and Susan Chaparro on 19 February 1993 in the Circuit Court of Berkeley County. Mr. and Mrs. Chaparro alleged that on 30 December 1992 they were injured when arsonists used gasoline to ignite the building where Mr. and Mrs. Chaparro were visiting friends. Mr. and Mrs. Chaparro claimed that their injuries were proximately caused by the negligence of and a breach...

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