DEVANE v. KENNEDY

No. 25206.

519 S.E.2d 622 (1999)

205 W.Va. 519

Cheryl Richardson DEVANE, Personal Representative of the Estate of Richard Walter Richardson, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. George KENNEDY, M.D., and Charles Town General Hospital, Inc., d/b/a Jefferson Memorial Hospital, Defendants Below, Appellees, The West Virginia Insurance Guaranty Association, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided March 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. McQueen, Jr., Kathlene Harmon-McQueen, Glen A. Murphy, McQueen Harmon & Potter, L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for the Appellant.

William R. DeHaven, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Bertram M. Goldstein, Bertram M. Goldstein & Associates, Baltimore, Maryland, Attorneys for Appellee, Cheryl Richardson DeVane.

P. Gregory Haddad, Ancil G. Ramey, Steptoe & Johnson, Morgantown, West Virginia, Attorneys for Appellee, Charles Town General Hospital, Inc.

Jeffrey M. Wakefield, Michelle Marinacci, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Amici Curiae, West Virginia Hospital Association and Medical Assurance of West Virginia, Inc.

Harvey D. Peyton, Peyton, Parenti, Whittington & Fahrenz, Nitro, West Virginia, Attorney for Amicus Curiae, Jack Levine, M.D.

Cheryl Lynne Connelly, Campbell, Woods, Bagley, Emerson, McNeer & Herndon, P.L.L.C., Huntington, West Virginia, Attorney for Amicus Curiae, National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds.

Michael J. Farrell, Tamela J. White, Paul T. Farrell, Jr., Farrell, Farrell & Farrell, L.C., Huntington, West Virginia, Attorneys for Amicus Curiae, Pleasant Valley Hospital, Inc.


DAVIS, Justice:

The appellant herein and intervenor below, the West Virginia Insurance Guaranty Association [hereinafter "WVIGA" or "the Association"], appeals from an order entered on January 21, 1998, by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County enforcing a pre-insolvency settlement agreement entered into by Cheryl Richardson DeVane [hereinafter "Mrs. DeVane"], plaintiff below; George Kennedy, M.D. [hereinafter "Dr. Kennedy...

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