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STATE EX REL. ATKINS v. BURNSIDE

No. 30510.

569 S.E.2d 150 (2002)

212 W.Va. 74

STATE of West Virginia EX REL. Thomas ATKINS, Martha Atkins; Helen Crafton; Ricky Scarbro, Carrie Scarbro; Vernon "Gene" Atkins, Arlene Atkins; John D. Ellison, Tina Ellison; Mathew Griffith, Juanita Dawna Griffith; Roger Moles, Grace Moles; Jerry Workman, Landa Workman; Nancy Lytton; Casey Lay, Crystal Lay; Billy Daniels; Randall Pittman, Victoria Pittman; Richard Dale Catlett; Timmy A. Williams, Janet L. Williams; Gary Buckland; Thomas Vance; Darrell Worrell, Barbara Ann Worrell; Tommy Craddock, Mary Ellen Craddock; Thomas Wayne Atkins, II; Matthew Chase Pittman, Randi Lynn Pittman; Linda Gail Atkins Bowling; and Mazie Lena Worrell, Petitioners, v. Honorable Robert A. BURNSIDE, Jr., Judge of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County; Belt Specialty Corporation; Scandura, Inc.; Goodyear Tire & Rubber; Pang Rubber Company; Patch Rubber Company; ITW Devcon; Normac Adhesive Products, Inc.; Lewis-Goetz and Company, Inc.; Uniroyal, Inc.; West Virginia Belt Sales & Repairs, Inc.; Linatex Corporation of America; Atlas Belt Service, Inc.; Belt Service, Inc.; C & E Belt Company, Inc.; Quality Belt Vulcanizers, Inc.; Alert Belt Service, Inc.; Raleigh Mine & Industrial Supply, Inc.; Beckley Belt Service, Inc.; Rema Tip/Top North America, Inc.; Mountaineer Mine Safety & Training, Inc.; Industrial Rubber Products Company; Ohio Valley Vulcanizing, Inc.; Richwood Industries, Inc.; Shaw-Almex Fusion Corporation; Elkay Mining Company; Island Creek Corporation; Eastern Associated Coal Corporation; Consolidation Coal Company; BethEnergy Mines, Inc.; Cannelton, Inc., and other unknown John Doe Business Entities, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 27, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary S. Wigal, Gianola, Barnum & Wigal, L.C., Morgantown, West Virginia, for petitioners.

Anita R. Casey, Cynthia Majestro, MacCorkle, Lavender & Casey, Charleston, West Virginia, for respondent, Patch Rubber Company.

Erik K. Falk, Davies, McFarland & Carroll, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for respondent, ITW Devcon.

Paul W. Roop, II, Roop Law Office, P.L.L.C., Beckley, West Virginia, for respondent, Belt Specialty Corporation.

Michael M. Fisher, Offutt, Fisher & Nord, Huntington, West Virginia, for respondent, Scandura, Inc.

William Geiger, Davies, McFarland & Carroll, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for respondent, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

Glen A. Murphy, McQueen, Harmon, Potter & Cleek, Charleston, West Virginia, for respondent, Pang Rubber Company.

L. John Argento, Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for respondent, Lewis Goetz & Company, Inc., d/b/a Gooding Rubber Company.

Shawn P. George, George & Lorenson, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for respondents, Uniroyal, Inc., and Uniroyal Holding.

Harold S. Albertson, Jr., Albertson & Jones, Charleston, West Virginia, for respondent, Linatex, Inc.

Concetta A. Silvaggio, Willman & Arnold, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for respondent, Belt Service, Inc., and C & E Mine Belt Service, Inc.

Richard L. Lancianese, Baker, Lancianese, Campbell & Conaty, Huntington, West Virginia, for respondent, Quality Belt Vulcanizers, Inc.

John R. Fowler, Huddleston, Bolen, Beatty, Porter & Copen, Charleston, West Virginia, for respondent, Raleigh Mine & Industrial Supply, Inc.

Phillip J. Tissue, Oak Hill, West Virginia, for respondent, Beckley Belt Service, Inc.

Landers P. Bonenberger, McDermott & Bonenberger, P.L.L.C., Wheeling, West Virginia, for respondent, Rema Tip Top/North America, Inc.

Eric M. James, Karen L. Weingart, Spilman, Thomas & Battle, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for respondent, Mountaineer Mine & Safety Training.

Jeffrey H. Hall, Hendrickson & Long, P.L.L.C., Charleston, West Virginia, for respondent, Industrial Rubber Products Company.

M. Shane Harvey, Jackson & Kelly, Charleston, West Virginia, for respondents, Elkay Mining Company, Island Creek Corporation, Consolidated Coal Company, BethEnergy Mines, Inc., and Cannelton, Inc.

Timothy M. Miller, Robinson & McElwee, L.L.P., Charleston, West Virginia, for respondent, Eastern Associated Coal Corporation.

PER CURIAM.

The Petitioners, as plaintiffs1 in consolidated chemical exposure cases, seek a writ of mandamus requiring the Circuit Court of Raleigh County to make findings of fact and conclusions of law in support of its discovery management plan. The Petitioners further seek a writ of prohibition requiring the lower court to vacate the portion of its discovery management plan which consolidates...

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