STATE EX REL. McCORMICK v. ZAKAIB

No. 21458.

430 S.E.2d 316 (1993)

189 W.Va. 258

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Donald C. McCORMICK, Relator, v. Honorable Paul ZAKAIB, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County; Allstate Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation; and David Dailey, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Peterson, Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Dietzler, Charleston, for relator.

Charles M. Love, III, Benjamin L. Bailey, Bowles, Rice, McDavid, Graff & Love, Charleston, for respondents.


MILLER, Justice:

In this original proceeding, the relator, Donald C. McCormick, seeks a writ to prohibit enforcement of the respondent judge's June 1, 1992 order. The order precluded the relator's expert witness, Jack Lane, from testifying because Mr. Lane was allegedly in possession of confidential information protected by the attorney-client privilege and the attorney work-product doctrine. We find that the trial court...

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