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STATE EX REL. APPALACHIAN POWER v. RANSON

No. 21882.

438 S.E.2d 609 (1993)

190 W.Va. 429

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, a Virginia Corporation; Ohio Power Company, an Ohio Corporation; and American Electric Power Service Corporation, a New York Corporation, Petitioners, v. Honorable Lyne RANSON, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County; Vicky Terry; Ray D. England; Cindy England; and Sharon K. Cragg, Administratrix of the Estate of Robert Hal Cragg, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 14, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. McElwee, Sarah Stump Kolb, Robinson & McElwee, Charleston, for petitioners.

Sterl F. Shinaberry, Frank Venezia, Shinaberry, Meade & Venezia, Charleston, for respondents.

McHUGH, Justice:

The petitioners, Appalachian Power Company, Ohio Power Company and American Electric Power Service Corporation, seek a writ of prohibition from this Court to prohibit the Honorable Judge Lyne Ranson from consolidating for joint trial issues of liability in three tort actions instituted against them by the respondents, Vicky L. Terry, Ray D. England, and Sharon K. Cragg, administratrix of the estate of Robert Hal Cragg, deceased. We grant the writ...

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