WALKER v. MEADOWS

No. 25369.

521 S.E.2d 801 (1999)

206 W.Va. 78

Barbara WALKER and Teressa Dell Walker, Plaintiffs, v. Don MEADOWS, Sheriff of Mercer County, and the Mercer County Commission, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin B. White, III, Princeton, West Virginia, Attorney for Plaintiffs.

W. Randolph Fife, Ancil G. Ramey, Steptoe and Johnson, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Defendants.


PER CURIAM:

Sheriff Don Meadows of Mercer County and the Mercer County Commission present two certified questions concerning the Governmental Tort Claims and Insurance Reform Act, the public duty doctrine, and the application of the special relationship exception to the public duty doctrine. The underlying civil action, styled Barbara Walker and Teressa Dell Walker v. Don Meadows, Sheriff of Mercer County, and the Mercer...

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