SORSBY v. TURNER

No. 23704.

499 S.E.2d 300 (1997)

201 W.Va. 571

Sally SORSBY, Administratrix of the Estate of William Frederick Sorsby, Appellant, v. Olive L. TURNER, Personal Representative of the Estate of Brian W. Turner; Ronald L. Kuskey, Sr., and M.C. "Toby" Kuskey, dba Poppa K's, Appellees. D. Greig PAETZOLD and Kathryn E. Paetzold, Individually and D. Greig Paetzold, and Parents, Natural Guardians and Next Friend of Gregory C. Paetzold, Appellees, v. Olive L. TURNER, individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Brian W. Turner; Ronald L. Kuskey, Sr., and M.C. "Toby" Kuskey, dba Poppa K's, Appellees, Sally Sorsby, Administratrix of the Estate of William Frederick Sorsby, Appellant. Kari L. McAFEE, A Minor by and through Angela McAfee, Her Guardian and Next Friend, and Angela McAfee, Appellees, v. Olive L. TURNER, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Brian W. Turner, Appellee. Kimberly S. GWENNAP, A Minor, by and through Robert R. Gwennap and Sharon E. Gwennap, Her Guardians and Next Friend, and Robert R. Gwennap and Sharon E. Gwennap, Appellees, v. Olive L. TURNER, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Brian W. Turner, Appellee. Ronald J. KUSKEY, Sr., and M.D. "Toby" Kuskey, dba Poppa K's, Third-Party Plaintiffs Below, Appellees, v. The CINCINNATI INSURANCE CO., an Ohio Corporation licensed to do business in the State of West Virginia, Third-Party Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 5, 1997.

Concurring Opinion of Justice McHugh December 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Stoneking, James G. Bordas, Jr., Bordas, Bordas & Jividen, Wheeling, for Appellant.

James D. McDermott, McDermott, Bonenberger, McDermott & Gallaway, Wheeling, for Turner.

Katrina L. Gallagher, Law Offices of Thomas G. Steele, Clarksburg, for Paetzold.

Mark B. Chernenko, Wellsburg, for McAfee.


MAYNARD, Justice:

Appellant, Sally Sorsby, administratrix of the estate of William Frederick Sorsby, seeks reversal of a final order entered by the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia, on January 17, 1996. In that order, the court dismissed Sorsby's actions by granting motions to dismiss which were made by the appellees, Kari L. McAfee and Gregory Paetzold. Sorsby contends the lower court erred by ruling that she...

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