WEST VIRGINIA MUT. INS. CO. v. ADKINS

No. 13-0692.

764 S.E.2d 757 (2014)

WEST VIRGINIA MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant Below, Petitioner v. Betty J. ADKINS, Rayetta D. Baumgardner, Diana L. Boerke, Latha A. Bolen, Charlotte L. Deal, Constance L. DeVore, Teressa D. Hager, Lorenna D. Hankins, Tammy H. Clark, Pamela K. Hatfield, Marcie J. Holton, Linda L. Jones, Patty S. Lewis, Teresa Lovins, Martha J. Martin, Louella Perry, Sherry L. Perry, Janice Petit, Kimberly A. Roe, Janice Roush, Rebecca Smith, Beulah Stephens, and Debra L. Wise, Plaintiffs Below, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 15, 2014.

Dissenting Opinion of Justice Davis October 23, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.C. Offutt, Jr., Esq. , Matthew Mains, Esq. , Offutt Nord Burchett, PLLC, Huntington, WV, for Petitioner.

Corey L. Palumbo, Esq. , James E. Scott, Esq. , Bowles Rice LLP, Charleston, WV, for Amicus Curiae, Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Company.

Jill Cranston Rice, Esq. , Tyler Williams, Esq. , Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Charleston, WV, for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Insurance Federation.

Paul T. Farrell, Jr., Esq. , Greene, Ketchum, Farrell, Bailey, & Tweel, Huntington, WV, J. Robert Rogers, Esq. , Charleston, WV, for Respondents.


LOUGHRY, Justice:

The petitioner, West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company, Inc. ("WVMIC"), appeals the circuit court's May 30, 2013, order granting summary judgment in favor of the respondents1 in this declaratory judgment action. Under the terms of a global settlement agreement, WVMIC has already tendered $3 million to the respondents under an extended reporting endorsement insuring the respondents' surgeon against whom the respondents...

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