CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a Martinsburg attorney's law license is to be suspended for three years following six complaints against him.
CHARLESTON - The W.Va. Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that an attorney did not violate the Rules of Professional Conduct and dismissed the statement of charges against him brought by the Lawyer Disciplinary Board.
CHARLESTON – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has received recommendations and a final report from the West Virginia Intergovernmental Task Force on Juvenile Justice.
WHEELING – In a recently published fact sheet, the Center for Justice and Democracy announced that the findings from three new studies make it indisputable that damage caps – a popular part of tort reform – actually are hurting healthcare.
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia has long recognized the “collateral source rule,” which precludes the admission of evidence at trial that an external source paid some or all of the damages that a Plaintiff seeks to recover.
CHARLESTON – The state high court recently agreed that occupational pneumoconiosis was not the cause of death of a West Virginia man and, resultantly, the widow of the former Cannelton Industries worker will not receive dependent's benefits.
