STATE EX REL. RIFFLE v. RANSON

No. 22961.

464 S.E.2d 763 (1995)

195 W.Va. 121

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Wanda Sue RIFFLE and Edward Riffle, Relators v. Honorable Lyne RANSON, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County; Gretchen Lewis, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Resources; James Turner; John Riffle; and Ramsay Health Care, Inc., Respondents

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 27, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack S. Kaplan and Allan N. Karlan, Morgantown, for Relators.

Bryan R. Cokeley and Jan L. Fox, Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, for Respondents Gretchen Lewis and James Turner.


CLECKLEY, Justice:

In this original proceeding for a writ of prohibition, we are asked to answer the question left unresolved in State ex rel. Smith v. Maynard, 193 W.Va. 1, 454 S.E.2d 46 (1994); namely, whether the 1986 revisions to W.Va.Code, 56-1-1(b) (1986),1 preclude other discretionary transfers of venue not explicitly...

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