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WEAVER v. UNION CARBIDE CORP.

No. CC981.

378 S.E.2d 105 (1989)

Nancy WEAVER v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION and Suzanne Hallenberg.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

February 17, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph L. DiTrapano, Joshua I. Barrett, Ditrapano & Jackson, Charleston, for appellant.

David D. Johnson, Cheryl Harris Wolfe, Jackson & Kelly, Chester Lovett, Henry R. Glass, III, Lovett, Vaughan & Cooper, Charleston, for appellees.

MILLER, Justice:

This certified case from the United States Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals1 presents the question: May a wife maintain suit, based on a claim of malpractice or intentional interference with the marital relationship, against a marriage counselor who in the treatment of her husband engages in sexual relations that lead to the dissolution of the marriage? We conclude that such a suit is, in its essence, one for alienation...

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