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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA

September 2009 Term
FILED _____________ September 24,
2009
No. 34702
released at 3:00 p.m. _____________ RORY L. PERRY II, CLERK SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF WEST VIRGINIA

LLOYD MICHAEL NOLAND, R.N.,
Plaintiff Below, Appellant,

V.
VIRGINIA INSURANCE RECIPROCAL AND THE RECIPROCAL GROUP,
INC., A VIRGINIA CORPORATION; LISA HYMAN, INDIVIDUALLY;
COVERAGE OPTIONS ASSOCIATES A.K.A. KENTUCKY HOSPITAL
SERVICE COMPANY, A KENTUCKY LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY;
KENTUCKY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, A KENTUCKY CORPORATION;
AND RICHARD STOCKS, INDIVIDUALLY,
Defendants Below, Appellees.

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Raleigh County
Honorable Robert A. Burnside, Jr., Judge
Civil Action No. 01-C-609

AFFIRMED, IN PART; REVERSED, IN PART; AND REMANDED

Submitted: September 9, 2009
Filed: September 24, 2009


Perry W. Oxley Lonnie C. Simmons Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP Joshua I. Barrett Charleston, West Virginia DiTrapano, Barrett & DiPiero
AND  Charleston, West Virginia  
Scott W. Andrews  Attorneys for the Appellees, Virginia Insurance  
Offutt Nord, PLLC  Reciprocal and the Reciprocal Group, Inc.;  
Huntington, West Virginia  Lisa Hyman; and Coverage Options Associates  
Attorneys for the Appellant  (Kentucky Hospital Service Company)  
Greg E. Mitchell  Jeffrey M. Wakefield  
Frost Brown Todd  Jaclyn A. Bryk  
Lexington, Kentucky  Elizabeth L. Taylor  
Attorney for the Appellee,  Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso  
Kentucky Hospital Association  Charleston, West Virginia  
Attorneys for the Appellee, Mr. Stocks  

JUSTICE DAVIS delivered the Opinion of the Court.

SYLLABUS BY THE COURT

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