Opinion ID: 1267344
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Heading: Defendant Law Office

Text: Because we have concluded that venue is proper in Monongalia County with respect to Mr. Fitzsimmons, the lawyer, we need not address whether venue is proper with respect to Fitzsimmons & Parsons, L.C., which is a domestic corporation with its principal place of business in Ohio County. [7] This Court follows the venue-giving defendant principle, whereby, once venue is proper for one defendant, it is proper for all other defendants subject to process. Syl. Pt. 1, Staats v. Co-Operative Transit Co., 125 W.Va. 473, 24 S.E.2d 916 (1943); McConaughey v. Bennett's Executors, 50 W.Va. 172, 179, 40 S.E. 540, 541 (1901). See also State ex rel. Kenamond v. Warmuth, 179 W.Va. 230, 366 S.E.2d 738, 739-40 (1988). See note 4 discussing the application of the cause of action venue provision of W. Va.Code, 56-1-1(a)(1) [1986] to defendant corporations.