PRUITT v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 33526.

664 S.E.2d 175 (2008)

Vanessa Jean PRUITT, Administratrix of the Estate of Charlie E. Pruitt, Deceased; Vanessa Jean Pruitt, Mother and Legal Guardian of Angel M. Pruitt, an infant under the Age of Years; Vanessa Jean Pruitt, individually; and Timothy B. Pruitt, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants v. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, C.F. Kane, John Doe I, John Doe II, and John Doe III, Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 3, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Truman Chafin, Esq., Letitia Neese Chafin, Esq., The H. Truman Chafin Law Firm, Williamson, John C. Yoder, Esq, Harpers Ferry, for Appellants.

Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Steven R. Compton, Esq., Senior Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, for Appellee.


MAYNARD, Chief Justice:

The plaintiffs below and appellants herein appeal the November 29, 2006, order of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County to the extent that the order granted summary judgment in favor of defendant below and appellee herein, the West Virginia Department of Public Safety. The appellants had filed a suit alleging various federal and state claims against the Department and a state trooper employed by the Department arising from the trooper's fatal...

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