STATE EX REL. HOPE CLINIC, PLLC v. McGRAW

No. 20-0410.

858 S.E.2d 221 (2021)

STATE of West Virginia EX REL. HOPE CLINIC, PLLC, et al., Petitioners v. The Honorable Warren R. McGRAW, Judge of the Circuit Court of Wyoming County, Greg A. Shrewsbury, and Phyllis A. Shrewsbury, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Filed: May 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy R. Linkous, Esq. , Jenny L. Hayhurst, Esq. , Linkous Law, PLLC, Morgantown, WV, Counsel for Petitioner Sanjay R. Mehta, D.O.

Joseph H. Spano Jr., Esq. , Pritt & Spano, PLLC, Charleston, WV, Counsel for Respondents Greg and Phyllis Shrewsbury.

Robert M. Sellards, Esq. , John H. Zickefoose, Esq. , Bailes Craig Yon & Sellards, PLLC, Huntington, WV, Counsel for Petitioners Hope Clinic, PLLC and James H. Blume, Jr., D.O.

Thomas P. McGinnis, Esq. , Jeanette H. Ho, Esq. , Samuel G. Dunlop, Esq. , Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, Counsel for Petitioner Walgreen Co.

Trevor Taylor, Esq. , Taylor Law Office, Morgantown, WV, Counsel for Petitioner Bypass Pharmacy, Inc.

Tim J. Yianne, Esq. , Thomas P. Mannion, Esq. , Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP, Charleston, WV, Counsel for Petitioners Deschner Medical Services, PLLC d/b/a Deboss Neurology and Pain Clinic, and Stephen H. Deschner, M.D.

Michael J. Farrell, Esq. , Tamela J. White, Esq. , Julian P. Pecora, Esq. , Farrell, White & Legg, PLLC, Huntington, WV, Counsel for Petitioner Rite Aid of West Virginia, Inc.

Robert L. McKinney, II, Esq. , C. William Knapp, Esq. , Ollie M. Harton, Esq. , Hawkins Parnell & Young, LLP, Charleston, WV, Counsel for Petitioners Westside Pharmacy, Inc. and Devonna Miller-West, R. Ph.

Jace H. Goins, Esq. , Steptoe & Johnson PLLC, Charleston, WV, Counsel for Petitioners Rhonda Rose, R. Ph., Evan D. Brush, R. Ph., and Rhonda's Pharmacy, LLC.


The West Virginia Medical Professional Liability Act (hereinafter "MPLA") prohibits the filing of a medical professional liability action against a health care provider unless the claimant first serves a notice of claim on every health care provider that he or she will join in the action. W. Va. Code § 55-7B-6 (2003). Respondents...

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