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Justices give Huntington attorney a break
CHARLESTON – Six months ago, Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals suspected that the crimes of Desiree Albers disqualified her from practicing laws.
Justices chide Stucky for legal appointment
CHARLESTON – Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ripped Kanawha County Circuit Judge James Stucky for putting a doctor's lawsuit in the hands of an attorney who had quarreled with the doctor.
Court opts not to suspend Fairmont attorney
CHARLESTON – Full of grace, Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided not to suspend the license of Fairmont attorney Michael Niggemyer.
Davis, Maynard want Court to reconsider family case
Davis CHARLESTON – Chief Justice Robin Davis and Justice Spike Maynard of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals want their colleagues to reconsider an appointment of a dead woman's sister to administer her estate for her daughter.
Mystery still surrounds cause of crash
HUNTINGTON – Southern Airways quickly settled wrongful death claims from the Marshall University airplane crash of 1970, but the airline could have contested charges that its negligence caused the crash.
Wrongful death rules have changed over time
HUNTINGTON – State law that limited recovery for families of those who died in the Marshall University plane crash of 1970 sounds harsh today, but at one time no court in England or America awarded any damages for wrongful death.
Two eerie stories involving crash victims
HUNTINGTON - Two tales of the fatal football flight send shivers down the spine.
Attorneys recall Marshall crash suits, settlements
Matthew McConaughey, left, and Matthew Fox star as Coach Jack Lengyel and Assistant Coach Red Dawson of the 1971 Marshall University Young Thundering Herd in "We Are Marshall," which premieres this week in Huntington. HUNTINGTON – After 75 people died on a Marshall University football flight in 1970, lawyers rushed to Huntington expecting to strike gold. All they got was a lump of West Virginia coal.
Medical malpractice reforms working
Cline CHARLESTON – Reforms that West Virginia legislators enacted in a medical malpractice crisis have worked like a charm.
Davis says med mal wait period is unconstitutional
Davis CHARLESTON – Supreme Court of Appeals Chief Justice Robin Davis believes a law requiring 30 days notice before the filing of a medical malpractice suit violates the West Virginia Constitution, but the other Justices would rather not say what they believe.
Justices send Speedway drowning case back to Zakaib
CHARLESTON – Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals carried out a delicate balancing act in a family feud, leaving the tough decisions to Kanawha County Circuit Judge Paul Zakaib.
Justices say attorney must face malpractice claim
CHARLESTON – Attorney Kenneth Chittum must defend himself against a claim of legal malpractice, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided Nov. 9.
Supreme Court fires another Huntington firefighter
CHARLESTON – Once again, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has fired a Huntington firefighter for getting mixed up with crack cocaine.
Supreme Court says judge didn't follow rules on picking jurors
CHARLESTON – Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals have laid down a simple rule for judges choosing jurors: When in doubt, throw them out.
McGraw's Zyprexa case sent to federal court in Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, New York – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's lawsuit against drug maker Eli Lilly and Company has landed in federal court at Brooklyn.
Supreme Court hears attorney theft case
CHARLESTON – Leonard Coleman's partners at Goodwin & Goodwin forgave him when he stole from them, but forgiveness ran out when he stole again.
Court rules partnership, not partners, own property
CHARLESTON – Where a partnership owns property the partners themselves own nothing, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has declared.
McGraw's office says taping citizens in their homes is OK
McGraw CHARLESTON – Attorney General Darrell McGraw wants the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to declare that police can secretly tape citizens in their homes.
Two rulings shine light on work-related injuries
CHARLESTON – West Virginians cannot sue over injuries they suffer at work except when employers deliberately intend to expose them to risk.
Justices say no to building new bridge
CHARLESTON – Luther Ellison and Harold Wolfe thought they owned two thirds of a bridge they built across a neighbor's land to their land, but they learned otherwise when a new neighbor tore the bridge down.