CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled last month that driving under the influence on private property is a crime, which Justice Brent D.
HUNTINGTON – The Cabell County Drug Court will be renamed in a ceremony scheduled for Nov. 6 at the Cabell County Courthouse. West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent D. Benjamin, Cabell County Drug Court Judge Patricia Keller and Huntington Mayor Steve Williams will attend the ceremony, which will be held at noon in Courtroom No. 1.
MORGANTOWN – The Monongalia County Justice Center will serve the needs of citizens for the next 50 years and conveys the magnificence and importance of the rule of law in American society, according to speakers at a grand opening and dedication ceremony. “This Justice Center will be place of refuge for the tides of conflict,” Monongalia Circuit Judge Phillip D.
SPENCER – A new Adult Drug Court is open to serve Roane and Calhoun counties. Drug addiction is “like an ocean you can’t swim out of unless somebody throws you a lifeline.
WELLSBURG – Jason A. Cuomo was sworn in Aug. 3 as the new circuit judge in the first judicial circuit. Every seat in the circuit courtroom of the Brooke County Courthouse was filled and people were standing around every wall – even out the door – for Monday's ceremony. State Supreme Court Justice Brent D.
UNION - A press conference will be held July 21 in Monroe County Courthouse to announce the West Virginia Judiciary's Electronic Filing System's latest expansion. State Supreme Court Justice Brent D.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court agreed with Ohio Circuit Court that there was no indication that Werner Enterprises knew or should have known of a potential lawsuit against it when it destroyed evidence.
WINFIELD – The state Supreme Court has received a $50,000 federal planning grant that will allow the Putnam County Veterans Treatment Court to expand into a Mental Health and Veterans Treatment Court.
CHARLESTON – It is the prerogative of the Chief Justice to have a special project. It focuses the attention of the entire court system toward one goal for that year.
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Wednesday reduced the punitive damages in a high-profile nursing home case by nearly $50 million.
CHARLESTON – The personal representatives of two men who were killed when the tractor-trailer they were operating crashed and burned were unsuccessful in their appeal of a partial summary judgment decided in favor of the defendants in the lawsuit they filed.
CHARLESTON – A state correctional facility medical assistant lost in her appeal to the state Supreme Court when the court found her claim of retaliatory discharge was not supported by any substantial West Virginia public policy.
