STATE EX REL. ALLMAN v. MACQUEEN

Nos. 29767, 29768, 29769.

551 S.E.2d 369 (2001)

209 W.Va. 726

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Ronald ALLMAN, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated; Carol Hartley, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated; and Alfretta Baugh, Administratrix of the Estate of Warren H. Baugh, Deceased, et. al., on Behalf of Themselves and Other Similarly Situated, Petitioners, v. Honorable A. ANDREW MACQUEEN, III, Senior Status Judge, Mass Litigation Panel, et al., Respondents, and State of West Virginia ex rel. Mobil Oil Corporation, Petitioner, v. Honorable A. Andrew MacQueen, III, Senior Status Judge, Mass Litigation Panel, et al., Respondents, and State of West Virginia ex rel. Romie Kermit Jones, et al., on Behalf of Themselves and Others Similarly Situated, Petitioners, v. Honorable A. Andrew MacQueen, III, Senior Status Judge, Mass Litigation Panel, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided July 6, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Calwell, The Law Offices of Stuart Calwell, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Petitioners, Ronald Allman, et al.

Joseph P. Whittington, Peyton, Parenti & Whittington, Nitro, West Virginia, Attorney for Petitioner, Carol Hartley.

John E. Sutter, Robert H. Miller, II, The Sutter Law Firm, PLLC, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for Petitioner, Alfretta Baugh, Administratrix.

Stephen B. Farmer, G. Kenneth Robertson, Farmer, Cline & Arnold, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for the Petitioner, Mobil Oil Corporation.

James F. Humphreys, J. David Cecil, James F. Humphreys & Associates, LC, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for the Petitioners, Romie Kermit Jones, et al.

A. Andrew MacQueen, III, Senior Status Judge, Charleston, West Virginia, Pro Se.

Michael B. Victorson, Dennis C. Sauter, A.L. Emch, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, West Virginia and David K. Hendrickson, R. Scott Long, Hendrickson & Long, Charleston, West Virginia and Eric M. James, Spilman, Thomas & Battle, Joseph S. Beeson, Robinson & McElwee, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorneys for certain defendants below.

David E. Lamm, Davies, McFarland & Carroll, PC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Attorneys for the Respondents, The Lincoln Electric Company, et al.

Nora Barry Fischer, Michael A. Cohen, Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Attorneys for the Respondent, General Electric Company.

William K. Schwartz, Harvit & Schwartz, LC, Charleston, WestVirginia, Attorneys for Amici Curiae, Plaintiffs Represented by Harvit & Schwartz, LC.

Fred Adkins, Luke A. Lafferre, Huddleston, Bolen, Beatty, Porter & Copen, Huntington, West Virginia, Attorneys for Amici Curiae, CSX Transportation, Inc., et al.

Scott Segal, The Segal Law Firm, Charleston, West Virginia, Attorney for Okey Connolly, et al.


PER CURIAM:

This Court issued a rule on June 7, 2001, requiring Respondent, the Honorable A. Andrew MacQueen, III, to show cause as to why a writ of prohibition should not issue to prevent Respondent from implementing a litigation management plan (hereinafter referred to as the "master plan") developed for addressing the alleged claims of approximately 8,0001 asbestos plaintiffs. Petitioners...

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