STATE EX REL. KAUFMAN v. ZAKAIB

No. 27327.

535 S.E.2d 727 (2000)

207 W.Va. 662

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Tod J. KAUFMAN, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, Petitioner, v. Honorable Paul ZAKAIB, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, the Kanawha County Commission, and George B.W., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. McIntyre, Esq., McIntyre & Collias, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Petitioner.

William C. Forbes, Esq., Prosecuting Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Kanawha County Commission.

Michael T. Clifford, Esq., Clifford, Mann & Swisher, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for George B.W.

Ancil G. Ramey, Esq., Steptoe & Johnson, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Amicus Curiae The West Virginia Judicial Association.


McGRAW, Justice:

I.

BACKGROUND

The present request by Judge Kaufman for a writ of prohibition comes to us from a medical malpractice case filed in the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, but in truth it is the most recent incarnation of a divorce proceeding that has thrice found its way to this Court. We note some of the facts of the earlier cases because they provide a frame of reference for the instant...

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