STATE EX REL. AMERICAN ELEC. POWER v. SWOPE

No. 16-1148.

801 S.E.2d 485 (2017)

STATE of West Virginia EX REL. AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER CO., INC.; American Electric Power Service Corporation; Ohio Power Company and Doug Workman, Defendants Below, Petitioners v. The Honorable Derek C. SWOPE, Lead Presiding Judge, Gavin Landfill Litigation, Mass Litigation Panel, The Estate of Bobby Clary, by Joy Clary, et al., Plaintiffs Below, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: June 14, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Turner, Esq. , Ancil G. Ramey, Esq. , Jessica L. Wiley, Esq. , STEPTOE & JOHNSON PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia, Counsel for Petitioners.

Christopher J. Regan, Esq. , J. Zachary Zatezalo, Esq. , Laura P. Pollard, Esq. , BORDAS & BORDAS, PLLC, Wheeling, West Virginia, Counsel for Respondents.

L. David Duffield, Esq. , Chad S. Lovejoy, Esq. , Duffield, Lovejoy, Stemple & Boggs, PLLC, Huntington, West Virginia, Counsel for Respondents.


Petitioners American Electric Power Company, Inc., American Electric Power Service Corporation, Ohio Power Company, and Doug Workman ("Petitioners") invoke this Court's original jurisdiction seeking a writ of prohibition to prohibit the Mass Litigation Panel ("MLP") from enforcing its order denying a motion to dismiss twelve plaintiffs...

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