STATE EX REL. ALLSTATE INS. v. GAUGHAN

No. 24510.

508 S.E.2d 75 (1998)

203 W.Va. 358

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a Foreign Corporation, Defendant Below, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Martin J. GAUGHAN, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, West Virginia and Carol J. Thoburn, Defendant Below, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 14, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter M. Jones, III, E. Kay Fuller, Dale Buck, Martin & Seibert, L.C., Martinsburg, West Virginia, Attorneys for Petitioner.

Robert P. Fitzsimmons, Jacob M. Robinson, Michael W. McGuane, Thomas C. Schultz, Wheeling, West Virginia, Attorneys for Respondents.


DAVIS, Chief Justice:

This writ of prohibition was filed by petitioner/defendant below, Allstate Insurance Company (hereinafter "Allstate"), seeking to restrain the enforcement of two discovery orders entered by the respondent, Honorable Martin J. Gaughan, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County. Allstate contends that the circuit court exceeded its authority by requiring Allstate to produce and disclose to respondent...

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