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STATE EX REL. NATIONWIDE MUT. INS. v. KARL

No. 33651.

664 S.E.2d 667 (2008)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Mark A. KARL, Judge of the Circuit Court of Marshall County and Stacey Meadows, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 14, 2008.

Dissenting Opinion of Chief Justice Maynard June 27, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy Pigg Shafer, W. Stephen Flesher, Law Offices of W. Stephen Flesher, Nationwide Trial Division, Wheeling, WV, for Petitioner.

Jill Cranston Bentz, Sarah Ghiz Korwan, Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Charleston, WV, for Amici Curiae The West Virginia Insurance Federation, The Property Casualty Insurers of America and The American Insurance Association.

James G. Bordas, III, James B. Stoneking, Bordas & Bordas, PLLC, Wheeling, WV, for Respondent Stacey Meadows.

BENJAMIN, Justice.

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company (hereinafter "Nationwide") filed the instant petition for writ of prohibition asking this Court to prohibit the Circuit Court of Marshall County, West Virginia, from identifying defense counsel's office as "Nationwide Trial Division" during voir dire. For the reasons set forth herein, we decline to issue the requested writ.

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On April 23, 2007, the Circuit...

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