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STATE EX REL. FORD MOTOR CO. v. McGRAW

No. 15-1149.

788 S.E.2d 319 (2016)

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Petitioner v. Honorable Warren R. McGRAW, Judge of the Circuit Court of Wyoming County; and Danny S. Wellman, Administrator of the Estate of Jarred S. Wellman, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided May 18, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan D. Hacker , Pro Hac Vice, Bradley N. Garcia , O'Melveny & Myers, LLP, Washington, D.C., Michael Bonasso , Elizabeth L. Taylor , Mitchell B. Tuggle , Flaherty, Sensabaugh, Bonasso, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Attorneys for the Petitioner.

Christopher L. Slaughter , Steptoe & Johnson, PLLC, Huntington, WV, Attorney for Amicus Curiae, West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.

Todd S. Wiseman , The Wiseman Law Firm, Vienna, WV, Attorney for Amicus Curiae, The Center for Auto Safety.

L. Lee Javins, II , Bailey, Javins & Carter, LC, Charleston, WV, Attorney for Amicus Curiae, The Attorneys Information Exchange Group.

Patrick E. McFarland , Patrick E. McFarland, PLLC, Parkersburg, WV, Christopher J. Heavens , Heavens Law Firm, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Jamie D. Jackson , Pro Hac Vice, Atlee Hall, PLLC, Lancaster, PA, Attorneys for the Respondent, Danny S. Wellman.

The petitioner herein and defendant below, Ford Motor Company ("Ford"), requests this Court to issue a writ of prohibition to prevent the enforcement of orders entered October 5 and 21, 2015, by the Circuit Court of Wyoming County and to dismiss Ford from the underlying civil action. By those orders, the circuit court denied Ford...

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