STATE EX REL. STATE FARM v. CANADY

No. 23269.

475 S.E.2d 107 (1996)

197 W.Va. 107

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Honorable Herman G. CANADY, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, and Eric L. Coleman, an Infant, by his Father, Guardian and Next Friend, Terry L. Coleman, and Terry L. Coleman, Individually, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David A. Mohler, James W. Gabehart, Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emmerson, McNeer & Herndon, Charleston, for Petitioner.

David L. Stuart, Robert A. Taylor, Masters & Taylor, Charleston, for Respondents.


WORKMAN, Justice.

State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farm") seeks to appear in its own name as the plaintiff's uninsurance carrier rather than to defend in the name of the uninsured motorist. In response to the trial court's adverse ruling on this issue, State Farm seeks a writ of prohibition against The Honorable Herman G. Canady, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County. Based on our conclusion...

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