STATE EX REL. LEACH v. SCHLAEGEL

No. 21910.

447 S.E.2d 1 (1994)

191 W.Va. 538

STATE ex rel. Lisa LEACH and Dennie Leach, Plaintiffs Below, Petitioners, v. Honorable E. Lee SCHLAEGEL, Judge of the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, and Mark Adams, Defendant Below, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 8, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Hedges, Charleston, for petitioners.

Carson Nicholas Bryan, Hamlin, for respondent Mark Adams.


PER CURIAM:

Petitioners Lisa Leach and Dennie Leach, husband and wife, request this Court to issue a writ of prohibition against the Honorable E. Lee Schlaegel, Judge of the Circuit Court of Lincoln County, to prevent the enforcement of an order vacating a prior judgment in their favor for damages arising out of a domestic violence civil action. We agree with the Petitioners that the doctrine of collateral estoppel prevents relitigation in a civil setting of issues...

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