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RIGGS v. UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS

No. 33335.

656 S.E.2d 91 (2007)

Allison J. RIGGS, and Jack E. Riggs, M.D., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC., Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided November 20, 2007.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Albright November 28, 2007.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Starcher December 26, 2007.

Concurring Opinion of Chief Justice Davis January 3, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley W. Metheney Wilson, Frame, Benninger & Metheney, P.L.L.C. Morgantown, WV and Paul T. Farrell, Jr. Greene, Ketchum, Bailey, Walker Farrell & Tweel, Huntington, WV, for Appellants.

Christopher J. Regan, Bordas & Bordas, P.L.L.C., Wheeling, WV, for amicus curiae West Virginia Association for Justice.

Christina S. Vaglienti, West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc., Morgantown, WV and Rita Massie Biser, Moore & Biser, P.L.L.C., Charleston, WV, for Appellee.

Thomas J. Hurney, Jr., Jackson Kelly P.L.L.C., Charleston, WV, for amicus curiae West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company.

Michele Grinberg, J. Dustin Dillard, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, P.L.L.C., for amici curiae West Virginia Hospital Association and West Virginia State Medical Association.

PER CURIAM.

Appellants Allison J. Riggs and Jack E. Riggs, M.D. argue herein that the Circuit Court of Monongalia County erred by reducing a jury verdict awarding non-economic damages in the amount of $10,000,000 to $1,000,000 pursuant to the provisions of W. Va.Code § 55-7B-8 (1986).1 According to Appellants, the non-economic damages cap contained in Section 8 of the Medical Professional Liability Act, W. Va.Code § 55-7B-1,...

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