AIG DOMESTIC CLAIMS v. HESS OIL CO., INC.

Nos. 12-0705, 12-0719.

751 S.E.2d 31 (2013)

AIG DOMESTIC CLAIMS, INC., n/k/a Chartis Claims, Inc., and Commerce and Industry Insurance Company, Defendants Below, Petitioners v. HESS OIL COMPANY, INC., Defendant Below, Respondent. and Hess Oil Company, Inc., Defendant Below, Petitioner v. AIG Domestic Claims, Inc., n/k/a Chartis Claims, Inc., and Commerce and Industry Insurance Company, Defendants Below, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

October 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Tinney, Esq. , John H. Tinney, Jr., Esq. , The Tinney Law Firm PLLC, Charleston, WV, Christopher P. Ferragamo, Esq. , Jackson & Campbell, P.C., Washington, D.C., Kathleen M. Sullivan, Esq. , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP, New York, NY, Counsel for AIG Domestic Claims, Inc., n/k/a Chartis Claims, Inc., and Commerce and Industry Insurance Co.

James A. Varner, Sr., Esq. , Debra Tedeschi Varner, Esq. , McNeer, Highland, McMunn & Varner, Huntington, WV, Michael J. Romano, Esq. , Law Office of Michael J. Romano, Clarksburg, WV, Counsel for Hess Oil Company, Inc.

Christopher J. Regan, Esq. , Bordas and Bordas, PLLC, Wheeling, WV, Counsel for Amicus Curiae West Virginia Association for Justice.


LOUGHRY, Justice:

Through this appeal, Chartis Claims, Inc. and Commercial and Industry Insurance Company (hereinafter referred to as "Chartis Claims," "C & I," or collectively as the "insurance companies") seek relief from an adverse jury verdict1 returned against them for an unfair trade practices claim2 asserted by Hess Oil Company, Inc. ("Hess Oil"). Hess Oil separately appealed from the May 3, 2012...

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