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Judge to decide on hearing Constitution Party soon
ELKINS – U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey soon will decide whether to hear a suit claiming the state Division of Natural Resources violated the rights of the Constitution Party of West Virginia.
Copenhaver pondering arbitration in Cingular case
CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver has stayed discovery in a proposed class action against AT&T while he decides whether to order arbitration.
Charleston police must give payroll records to Gazette, Justices say
CHARLESTON – Charleston police must disclose payroll records of six officers to the Charleston Gazette, the state Supreme Court of Appeals decided on Dec. 9.
Justices annul license of Williamson attorney
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has annulled the law license of William H. Duty of Williamson, finding he broke the rules of professional conduct 20 times.
State officials violated wildlife sanctuary owner's rights, federal judge rules
ELKINS – State officials violated the constitutional rights of wildlife sanctuary owner Joel Rosenthal, according to U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey.
Federal judge dismisses malpractice suit against public defender
Goodwin HUNTINGTON – He proved he didn't belong in prison, but John David Mooney can't pursue a suit in federal court against the public defender who failed to prove he didn't belong in prison.
Goodwin wants separate complaints in federal Digitek cases
Goodwin CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin, striving to gain a grip on national litigation over heart medicine Digitek, fell back on tradition and demanded separate complaints from separate plaintiffs.
Too late to sue over blade in wrist, Justices rule
Davis CHARLESTON – Surgeon Ted Jackson left a knife blade in Paul Forshey's wrist, but Forshey can't sue Jackson because more than 10 years passed before he found the blade.
Suit seeks money Workman received in estate fee dispute
Workman WINFIELD – As Margaret Workman prepares for another term as Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals, a Missouri woman has sued in Putnam County seeking to recover money Workman received from a client in a contest over control of an estate.
Justice remand gravel driveway case back to Cabell judge
CHARLESTON – Cabell Circuit Judge David Pancake peered at a deed and thought he saw an easement to a gravel driveway off a Huntington street.
Goodwin calls pre-Thanksgiving Digitek conference
Goodwin CHARLESTON - U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin ruined holiday appetites of four leaders in national litigation over heart medicine Digitek, summoning them to chambers a day before Thanksgiving for private conversation about mutiny in their ranks.
Justices order new trial in Ohio Co. med mal case
CHARLESTON - Circuit Judge James Mazzone spoiled an Ohio County medical malpractice trial by approving a prospective juror who blamed malpractice verdicts for high insurance costs, according to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
Justices block Pocahontas quarry
Starcher CHARLESTON - To preserve tourism in Pocahontas County, the state Supreme Court has blocked operation of a 76-acre sandstone quarry.
Goodwin denies motion in Digitek litigation
Goodwin CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin, who ignored advice from a Louisiana lawyer about Wheeling attorney Teresa Toriseva, chooses also to ignore an affidavit from Barry Hill of Wheeling about how he fired Toriseva.
Justices reverse Cabell judge on med mal ruling
Cabell Huntington Hospital CHARLESTON – Cabell Circuit Judge David Pancake misread a clock in West Virginia medical malpractice law by four years when he threw out a mother's suit against Cabell Huntington Hospital, the Supreme Court of Appeals decided Nov. 6.
Justices block Cabell judge's shot in Mayo case
Mayo CHARLESTON – "Airball" sang out the state Supreme Court as the Justices reversed a Cabell Circuit Judge for attaching constitutional significance to O. J. Mayo's participation in Huntington High School basketball games.
Justices reinstate suit between eye doctors
CHARLESTON – A judge can't dismiss a suit for failure to pay fees without holding a hearing, the state Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled.
Goodwin picks Toriseva, ignores La. lawyer
Toriseva CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin, ignoring a Louisiana lawyer's advice to mistrust Wheeling attorney Teresa Toriseva, has chosen her to lead a national committee of plaintiff lawyers suing over Digitek heart medicine.
Cabell correctly valued retirement community, Court rules
Davis CHARLESTON – Cabell County commissioners correctly valued the Woodlands Retirement Community at $29,759,000, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided Nov. 5.
Toriseva attacked by La. attorney in federal document
Toriseva CHARLESTON – A Louisiana lawyer has advised U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin that he shouldn't trust Wheeling attorney Teresa Toriseva.