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POWELL v. WOOD COUNTY COM'N

No. 28456.

550 S.E.2d 617 (2001)

209 W.Va. 639

James M. POWELL, Esquire, and J.C. Powell, Esquire, Doing Business as Powell Law Offices, Petitioners Below, Appellants, v. WOOD COUNTY COMMISSION, David Couch, Commissioner, Robert Tebay, Jr., Commissioner, Holmes R. Shaver, Commissioner, Respondents Below, Appellees

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 8, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Powell, Esq., J.C. Powell, Esq., Parkersburg, West Virginia, Attorneys for Appellants.

Honorable Virginia A. Conley, Wood County Prosecuting Attorney, Parkersburg, West Virginia, Attorney for Appellees.

MCGRAW, Chief Justice:

Members of a law firm appeal the lower court's denial of their request for a writ of mandamus. An employee of the firm had been appointed by the circuit court to represent an indigent client, and the client subsequently sued the law firm for malpractice. The firm's members sought a writ of mandamus to compel the appellee, the Wood County Commission, to indemnify the law firm for costs it incurred...

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