MacDONALD v. CITY HOSP., INC.

No. 35543.

715 S.E.2d 405 (2011)

James D. MacDONALD and Debbie MacDonald, his Wife, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants v. CITY HOSPITAL, INC., and Sayeed Ahmed, M.D., Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided June 22, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Michael Burke, Esq. , Burke, Schultz, Harman & Jenkinson, Martinsburg, WV, and Barry J. Nace, Esq. , Christopher T. Nace, Esq. , Paulson & Nace, Robert S. Peck, Esq. , Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellants, James and Debbie MacDonald.

Ancil G. Ramey, Esq. , Hannah B. Curry, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV, and Stephen R. Brooks, Esq. , Flaherty, Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC, Morgantown, WV, for Appellee, Sayeed Ahmed, M.D.

Harry G. Deitzler, Esq. , Hill, Peterson, Carper, Bee & Deitzler, PLLC, and Troy N. Giatras, Esq.   Stacy A. Jacques, Esq. The Giatras Law Firm, PLLC Charleston, WV, for Amicus Curiae, Public Justice, P.C.

Thomas P. Maroney, Esq. , Maroney, Williams, Weaver, & Pancake, PLLC, Charleston, WV, for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Labor Federation, AFL-CIO.

Charles R. Bailey, Esq. , Brian D. Morrison, Esq. , James W. Marshall, III, Esq. , Bailey & Wyant, PLLC, Charleston, WV, for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Board of Risk & Insurance Management.

Brenda Nichols Harper, Esq. , Charleston, WV, for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

Michael J. Farrell, Esq. , Tamela J. White, Esq. , David A. Stackpole, Esq. , Farrell, Farrell & Farrell, PLLC, Huntington, WV, for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company.

Mychal S. Schultz, Esq. , Jeffrey A. Foster, Esq. , Dinsmore & Shohl LLP, Charleston, WV, for Amicus Curiae, Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia.

Mark A. Behrens, Esq. , Cary Silverman, Esq. , Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P., Washington, D.C., and Evan H. Jenkins, Esq. , Charleston, WV, for Amici Curiae, West Virginia State Medical Association, Component Societies of the West Virginia State Medical Association, West Virginia Academy of Family Physicians, West Virginia Hospital Association, American Medical Association, West Virginia Orthopaedic Society, West Virginia Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics, West Virginia Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, Inc., West Virginia Podiatric Medical Association, West Virginia Medical Group Management Association, West Virginia Radiological Society, West Virginia State Neurosurgical Society, Health Coalition on Liability and Access, Physicians Insurers Association of America, American Insurance Association, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, and NFIB Small Business Legal Center.


WORKMAN, Chief Justice:

Once again, this Court is asked to consider the constitutionality, vel non, of W. Va.Code § 55-7B-8 which places a limit or "cap" on compensatory damages for noneconomic loss awarded in a medical professional liability action. On two prior occasions, in the cases of Robinson v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc., 186 W.Va. 720, 414 S.E.2d 877

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