John Woodruff KESSEL and Ray Miller Kessel, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees,
v.
David Keene LEAVITT, Anne Gilmore Conaty, Eleanor Wolfe Conaty, Thomas J. Conaty, and Brian P. Conaty, Defendants Below,
Anne Gilmore Conaty, Eleanor Wolfe Conaty, Thomas J. Conaty and Brian P. Conaty, Defendants Below, Appellants.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Submitted January 28, 1997.
Decided July 22, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Marvin W. Masters, Paula L. Wilson, Masters & Taylor, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for the Appellees.
Lonnie C. Simmons, DiTrapano & Jackson, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for the Appellants.
Janis K. Stocks, San Diego, California, Attorney for Amicus Curiae, Academy of California Adoption Lawyers.
Brendon C. O'Shea, Gleason, Dunn, Walsh & O'Shea, Albany, New York, Attorney for Amicus Curiae, The National Council for Adoption.
Mitchell Wendell, The American Public Welfare Association, Washington, DC, Legal Consultant for Office of Secretariat of Amicus Curiae, Association of Administrators of the Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children.
Jon R. Ryan, Punta Gorda, Florida, President of Amicus Curiae, National Organization for Birthfathers and Adoption Reform.
Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
DAVIS, Chief Justice:1
The appellants herein, and defendants below, David Keene Leavitt, Anne Gilmore Conaty, Eleanor Wolfe Conaty, Thomas J. Conaty, and Brian P. Conaty,2 appeal from a December 4, 1995, jury verdict in the Circuit Court of Cabell County returned in favor of the appellee herein, and plaintiff below, John Woodruff Kessel. Claiming that the defendants had acted fraudulently in placing the child...
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