HUNTER v. CHRISTIAN

No. 21895.

446 S.E.2d 177 (1994)

191 W.Va. 390

Stella HUNTER, Administratrix of the Estate of Sharon Paula Dingess, Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. William Woodrow CHRISTIAN and William A. Christian, Defendants Below, Appellees, and Lewis McCOY, Intervenor Below, Appellee, v. Stella HUNTER, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Paula Dingess, Defendant Below, Appellant, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, Child Advocate Office, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 16, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter A. Hendricks, Madison, for appellant Stella Hunter.

Henry E. Wood, III, Wood & Associates, L.C., for the intervenor below Lewis McCoy.

Amy K. Naegele, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Child Advocate Office, Charleston, for intervenor West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources, Child Advocate Office.


PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the May 12, 1993, order of the Circuit Court of Logan County, West Virginia, which granted the appellee, Lewis McCoy, one-half of all net proceeds collected in the wrongful death action filed by the appellant, Stella Hunter, on behalf of the estate of Sharon Paula Dingess, when it was determined, after Sharon Dingess' death, that Mr. McCoy was her biological father. This Court has before it the petition for appeal, all matters of...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases