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UPDATED: State Supreme Court has new interim administrative director
CHARLESTON -- The state Supreme Court has a new administrative director. -
As term ends, Benjamin says state Supreme Court is stronger than it was
CHARLESTON – Brent Benjamin says he is leaving the state Supreme Court better than it was when he joined it. -
Supreme Court issues mandate finalizing annulment of attorney’s law license
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued a mandate to annul Edward R. -
Loughry takes over as state Supreme Court Chief Justice on Jan. 1
CHARLESTON – Tucker County native Allen H. Loughry II will become the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia for the first time on Jan. 1. -
West Virginia nearly finds itself off annual Judicial Hellhole report
WASHINGTON – Once a perennial seat holder at the head of the holiday dinner table, West Virginia now barely gets its foot in the door of the American Tort Reform Association’s Judicial Hellhole report. -
Outgoing Justice Benjamin strikes a libertarian chord
MORGANTOWN – Outgoing state Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin has always had a libertarian lean. -
West Virginia Judicial Association elects new officers
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Judicial Association has elected new officers, including new President Christopher C. Wilkes. -
Walker sworn in as newest state Supreme Court Justice
CHARLESTON – Beth Walker was sworn in Dec. 5 to become the 77th justice to serve on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. -
Supreme Court denies Logan County judge’s attempt to remain on bench
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has denied Logan Circuit Judge William Douglas Witten’s attempt to remain on the bench following May’s primary election. -
Two lawsuits filed against Stone Energy Corporation for fraud, breach of contract
NEW MARTINSVILLE – Two lawsuits have been filed against Stone Energy Corporation after the plaintiffs claim the company breached its contracts with them and its actions were fraudulent. -
Three strikes and Ed Kohout is out
Edward R. Kohout has been suspended at least three times in the course of his legal career: once by the Cumberland School of Law of Samford University in Birmingham and twice by our Supreme Court of Appeals, this last time permanently. In case you're wondering, he was suspended from law school after being caught selling books he'd stolen from the university bookstore. -
Judicial board recommends suspension for judge-elect for one year
CHARLESTON – The Judicial Hearing Board has recommended that the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals bar Nicholas circuit judge-elect Stephen Callaghan for one year following the ethics charges against him for alleged shady campaign tactics. -
Justices: Comp board right in denying underlying conditions
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has issued a ruling that the West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Board of Review did not err in denying two conditions as compensable conditions in a case involving Lifepoint Hospitals and a certified nursing assistant. -
Benjamin dissents on majority ruling about DUI on private property
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. -
Justices overturn $1 million jury award to former Thomas Hospital nurse
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned a $1 million jury verdict that was awarded a former Thomas Memorial Hospital nurse who alleged she was wrongfully fired. -
Supreme Court annuls attorney’s law license
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled to annul the law license of a former candidate for Monongalia circuit judge. -
Justices rule consumer protection claims do not survive death
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that consumer credit and protection claims do not survive death. -
Justices say pipeline company can’t survey land without permission
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that Mountain Valley Pipeline would be violating West Virginians’ basic rights by going onto their property to survey land without permission. -
Supreme Court says Citibank did not waive right to arbitration
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that Citibank did not waive its right to arbitration in a lawsuit seeking debt collection. -
Supreme Court rules Ansted mayor lawfully fired police chief
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that Ansted’s mayor lawfully fired former Police Chief John Kiefer in 2014.