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State Supreme Court Category Archives: State Supreme Court
Lewis admonished in ’09 for ‘reckless’ comments about judge’s ruling
Lewis
CHARLESTON – Three years ago Hiram C. Lewis IV was disciplined for inappropriate comments he made about a judge’s decision.
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Loughry criticizes Tennant over public funding
Loughry
CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry says Secretary of State Natalie Tennant is crippling his campaign with rulings on the public financing pilot project for Court candidates.
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W.Va. SC: Union can challenge highway construction contract
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum
CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s high court ruled last week that a construction workers union has standing to challenge a highway construction contract. Read More
High court: Primary beneficiaries can bring statutory bad faith claims
McHugh
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled last week that a primary life insurance beneficiary may assert a statutory bad faith action after the death of the insured. Read More
ODC withdraws motion to suspend Lewis’ license
Lewis
CHARLESTON – A Morgantown attorney accused of shooting, and wounding a homeless man at his camp in Clay County will, for now, be allowed to continue practicing law.
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W.Va. SC remands case over Medicaid lien to circuit court
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling last week, reversed a lower court’s judgment in favor of the state’s Department of Health and Human Resources over a disputed Medicaid lien. Read More
W.Va. high court upholds archives director’s firing
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling Monday, said it “found no error” in a circuit court order dismissing a grievance by former state Archives and History Director Fred Armstrong. Read More
Mother of 2010 murder victim speaks out on Webster ruling
Webster
CHARLESTON – The mother of the victim in a 2010 murder said this week she was relieved to find out the state’s high court granted a writ of prohibition by Kanawha County prosecutors against Kanawha Circuit Judge Carrie Webster. Read More
W.Va. SC sides with Tudor’s in suit over worker’s fall
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling last week, said a circuit court should have set aside a default judgment against popular breakfast sandwich maker Tudor’s Biscuit World. Read More
Supreme Court suspends Ohio attorney’s license
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has changed its mind, and suspended a Marietta, Ohio, attorney. The Court on June 7 ordered Norman Folwell suspended for two years with the second year stayed provided he commit no further acts of … Read More
W.Va. SC rules in another case over arbitration agreements
Ketchum
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals says a lower court erred in refusing to enforce an arbitration clause, compelling the owner of a Morgantown office building to settle its claims arising from a post-construction maintenance agreement. Read More
W.Va. SC backs off previous ruling over nursing home contracts
Ketchum
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a set of lawsuits over arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts. Read More
W.Va. SC: Out-of-state company should’ve paid prevailing wage
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals said last week the state’s Division of Labor was “not clearly wrong” in determining that work done by an out-of-state company on the new State Museum was subject to West Virginia’s Prevailing Wage Act. Read More
Court suspends former Texas attorney’s license for three years
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has followed with officials in the Lone Star State in placing the career of a Texas attorney now living in West Virginia on hiatus. The Court on May 25 voted 4-1 to accept the … Read More
Court reprimands Upshur attorney for mistakes in Randolph property dispute
Klie-Kolenich
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has rebuked an Upshur County attorney for her missteps in a Randolph County couple’s property dispute with their neighbors.
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