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Mineral County attorney charged with failing to communicate with clients

December 27, 2012 3:27 PM
By Lawrence Smith

CHARLESTON– A Mineral County attorney has been cited for his alleged repeated failure to communicate with clients and the resulting ethics investigation. The Lawyer Disciplinary Board on Oct. 31 filed a seven-count statement of charges against Chad B. Cissel. In … Read More »

Mineral County, News, State Supreme Court

Supreme Court takes harsher stance against attorney

December 21, 2012 7:02 AM
By Nathan Bass

CHARLESTON – In a per curiam opinion issued Dec. 17, the state Supreme Court rejected the one-year suspension recommendation of the Lawyer Disciplinary Board, instead finding that attorney David A. Aleshire’s conduct warranted a three-year suspension from the practice of … Read More »

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Kanawha County unveils portrait of Justice McHugh

December 21, 2012 7:01 AM
By Kyla Asbury

CHARLESTON – A portrait of retiring state Supreme Court Justice Thomas E. McHugh was scheduled to be held Dec. 20 during a ceremony at the Kanawha County Courthouse. The ceremony was held in the second floor “ceremonial” courtroom. McHugh’s portrait commemorates … Read More »

Kanawha County, News, State Supreme Court

Judge Watkins, facing multi-year suspension, takes off rest of 2012

December 21, 2012 7:00 AM
By Kyla Asbury

CHARLESTON – A West Virginia Supreme Court official said Putnam County Family Court Judge William Watkins, who is facing ethics allegations, unexpectedly took the rest of the year off, the Charleston Gazette has reported. Family Court Services Director Lisa Tackett … Read More »

News, Putnam County, State Supreme Court

Supreme Court says man not equipped for other work, awards total disability

December 20, 2012 7:00 AM
By Nathan Bass

CHARLESTON – In a strongly worded Dec. 12 memorandum opinion, the unanimous state Supreme Court reversed the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review and awarded coal miner Charles W. Tilley permanent total disability. Tilley had received several “compensable injuries” during his … Read More »

News, State Supreme Court, Workers' Comp

Supreme Court upholds Rowlesburg mayoral election results

December 18, 2012 7:00 AM
By Lawrence Smith

CHARLESTON – A divided state Supreme Court has upheld the results of a disputed election in Preston County. The Court on Nov. 16 voted 3-2 to affirm Judge Lawrence S. Miller’s decision denying incumbent Rowlesburg Mayor Barbara Banister’s challenge of … Read More »

News, Preston County, State Supreme Court

Court upholds dismissal of Lewis man’s civil rights suit

December 17, 2012 8:00 AM
By Lawrence Smith

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has agreed with a lower court’s decision that police did not use excessive force in subduing a Lewis County man, which resulted in him sustaining a broken ankle. The Court on Nov. 16 upheld … Read More »

Lewis County, News, State Supreme Court

New Supreme Court justice looking forward to serving West Virginians

December 13, 2012 9:00 AM
By Kyla Asbury

CHARLESTON – Allen H. Loughry II has worn many hats in his lifetime — from senior assistant attorney general to special prosecuting attorney to special assistant to a Congressman — but through all of that, he is looking forward to … Read More »

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Supreme Court says man owed psychiatric consultation

December 13, 2012 7:00 AM
By Nathan Bass

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has overruled the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review, finding that “the Board of Review is in clear violation of statutory provision” in denying a man the initial psychiatric consultation his physician recommended. The memorandum … Read More »

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Justice Benjamin: Opinion in car wreck case went too far

December 13, 2012 7:00 AM
By Nathan Bass

CHARLESTON – In a written concurrence released Dec. 7, Justice Brent Benjamin took issue with the advisory opinion style of the Supreme Court’s reversal and remand of a grant of summary judgment in a car accident case that resulted in the … Read More »

Jefferson County, News, State Supreme Court

West Virginia places second on ‘Judicial Hellhole’ list

December 13, 2012 1:05 AM
By John O'Brien

WASHINGTON – Despite “occasional glimmers of hope,” the American Tort Reform Association has nonetheless placed West Virginia high on its list of annual list of Judicial Hellholes again. ATRA ranked West Virginia as the No. 2 hellhole in the country, … Read More »

Asbestos, State Attorney General, State Supreme Court

Speed of legal reform an issue in wake of ‘Hellhole’ report

December 13, 2012 1:04 AM
By John O'Brien

WHEELING – West Virginia’s inclusion on this year’s “Judicial Hellholes” report published by the American Tort Reform Association does not surprise the president of the state’s trial lawyers group. Scott Blass, an attorney with Wheeling’s Bordas & Bordas and the … Read More »

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Court-appointed attorney immune from lawsuit, Supreme Court rules

December 12, 2012 3:51 PM
By Nathan Bass

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court issued a unanimous memorandum decision on Dec. 7 dismissing a federal prisoner’s action against his former appellate defense attorney on the grounds of absolute immunity. “In judicially creating immunity for court appointed attorneys,” the memorandum … Read More »

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Robing ceremony for new Supreme Court justice to be held Friday

December 11, 2012 3:50 PM
By Kyla Asbury

CHARLESTON – Allen H. Loughry II will be sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in a public ceremony on Dec. 14 at 2 p.m. in the Chamber of the Supreme Court. The … Read More »

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Court disbars attorney for allegedly beating client with baseball bat

December 10, 2012 8:01 AM
By Lawrence Smith

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has disbarred a St. Albans attorney for beating one of his former clients with a baseball bat. The Court on Oct. 25 accepted the recommendation of its Lawyer Disciplinary Board and ordered the annulment … Read More »

Kanawha County, News, State Supreme Court