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STATE EX REL. METLIFE v. STARCHER

No. 23382.

474 S.E.2d 186 (1996)

196 W.Va. 519

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Honorable Larry V. STARCHER, Judge of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, and, Lawrence Holt, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Padden, Rose, Padden & Pettry, Morgantown, Edgar A. Poe, Jr., Shuman, Annand & Poe, Charleston, Lorna G. Schofield, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, New York, Patrice Smiley Andrews, Michelle J. d'Arcambal, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, New York City, New York, Frederick N. Egler, Jr., Egler, Garrett & Egler, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Petitioner.

Michael P. Malakoff, James M. Pietz, Malakoff, Doyle & Finberg, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, J. Michael Benninger, Wilson, Frame, Benninger & Metheny, Morgantown, for Respondent Class Plaintiffs.

WORKMAN, Justice:

Petitioner Metropolitan Life Insurance Company ("MetLife") seeks a writ of prohibition directing the Circuit Court of Monongalia County to withdraw its order certifying a plaintiff class in an action instituted by MetLife policyholders to recover for alleged improprieties in connection with the issuance of additional life insurance policies. We grant the requested writ of prohibition as moulded based on...

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