STATE EX REL. MITCHEM v. KIRKPATRICK

No. 23889.

485 S.E.2d 445 (1997)

199 W.Va. 501

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Rosalie MITCHEM, Personal Representative of Linda Gail Woods, Petitioner, v. Honorable H.L. KIRKPATRICK, III, Judge of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County; Fayette-Monroe-Summers Mental Health Council, Inc.; David K. Walker; Michael A. Kelly, M.D.; Raleigh General Hospital; Yolanda A. Santos, M.D.; Ali Suleiman, M.D., and Richard C. Wisman, M.D., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided April 14, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Calwell, David H. Carriger, Calwell & McCormick, Charleston, for Petitioner.

John F. McCuskey, Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon, Charleston, for Respondents Fayette-Monroe-Raleigh-Summers Mental Health Council, Inc. and David Walker.

Richard L. Earles, Shuman, Annand & Poe, Charleston, for Respondent Michael A. Kelly, M.D.

Paul T. Farrell, Farrell, Farrell & Farrell, L.C., Huntington, for Respondent Raleigh General Hospital.

Jeffrey M. Wakefield, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Charleston, for Respondent Beckley Hospital, Inc.

J. Victor Flanagan, Kimberly J. Carpenter, Pullin, Knopf, Fowler & Flanagan, Charleston, for Respondent Yolanda A. Santos, M.D.

Robert L. Brandfass, Constance H. Weber, Kay, Casto, Chaney Love & Wise, Charleston, for Respondent Ali Suleiman, M.D.

Kevin B. Burgess, Hamilton, Burgess, Young, Tissue & Pollard, PLLC, Oak Hill, for Respondent Richard C. Wisman, M.D.


PER CURIAM:

In this original proceeding for a writ of prohibition/mandamus, we are asked to return the underlying medical malpractice case to the county where the suit was originally filed based on our decision in State ex rel. Riffle v. Ranson, 195 W.Va. 121, 464 S.E.2d 763 (1995). The transfer of the underlying suit occurred before our decision in Riffle, and, unlike Riffle,<...

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