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HUNTINGTON – A current Mercer County judge has been appointed as a new United States Magistrate. Omar J.
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CHARLESTON – The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has won the Court Statistics Project 2015 Reporting Excellence Award. “The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals is being recognized as a leader among state courts when it comes to reporting on its caseload.
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MORGANTOWN – A Monongalia County attorney whose license was annulled earlier this year has filed a $91 million lawsuit against the members of the state Supreme Court and others over the action. John C. Scotchel Jr. filed his complaint Aug. 25 in Monongalia Circuit Court. The defendants listed are each state Supreme Court justice – Robin Jean Davis, Brent Benjamin, Menis Ketchum, Margaret Workman and Allen Loughry – as well as the Lawyer Disciplinary Board and Chairman Steven K. Nord as well as
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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.
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CHARLESTON – A Charleston attorney has filed a lawsuit to regain possession of personal property. Travis A. Griffith filed his complaint Aug. 4 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Hilliard and Swartz LLP, Olivio Law Firm PLLC, Swartz Law Office, Mark Swartz, Allyson E. Hilliard and Michael A. Olivio.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has suspended a Beckley attorneys law license for three years. On July 22, the Supreme Court issued its mandate, suspending David S.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled in favor of former West Virginia University football coach Rich Rodriguez in a lawsuit filed by a couple who purchased their home. The Supreme Court considered the parties' briefs and the record on appeal and stated that the facts and legal arguments are adequately presented, and the decisional process would not be significantly aided by oral argument, according to the June 12 memorandum decision. "Upon consideration of the standard
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals upheld a Kanawha Circuit Court decision in a lawsuit involving the firing of a Charleston police officer who failed to warn a fellow officer of a loaded gun in a vehicle. The court said it found no substantial question of law and no prejudicial error, leading it to affirm the circuit court's order as appropriate, according to the June 22 memorandum decision. On June 9, 2010, during a traffic stop and vehicle search, Rick A.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that a circuit court cannot force the plaintiffs in a rape case to pay for legal fees associated with him. In the June 16 memorandum decision, the majority concluded that Berkeley Circuit Judge Gray Silver III's Dec. 9 order, which required 12 children and 11 parents from six families to bear 0ne-half of the costs associated with the guardian ad litem appointed to Christopher Michael Jensen while he was incarcerated. Justices Ro
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has agreed to suspend the law license of a West Virginia attorney. The Lawyer Disciplinary Board instituted the consolidated lawyer disciplinary proceedings against David S.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a new trial is needed in a lawsuit involving the West Virginia Department of Transportation-Division of Highways and a $24 million verdict. Justice Menis Ketchum authored the majority opinion.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned an order that was for the destruction of a pit bull that bit a child in 2014. Justice Brent Benjamin authored the majority opinion.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has overturned an order that was for the destruction of a pit bull that bit a child in 2014.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling Tuesday, revived more than 60 lawsuits filed by state Treasurer John Perdue against life insurance companies, saying the companies must turn over abandoned policies to the state.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling Tuesday, revived more than 60 lawsuits filed by state Treasurer John Perdue against life insurance companies, saying the companies must turn over abandoned policies to the state.
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By KYLA ASBURY CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that no error was found in a lawsuit against Jerry Morrison Construction where the plaintiff was also found to be comparatively negligent. Justice Allen Loughry authored the majority opinion.
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CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that no error was found in a lawsuit against Jerry Morrison Construction where the plaintiff was also found to be comparatively negligent.
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By KYLA ASBURY CHARLESTON – Kanawha County has been billed more than $200,000 for a special prosecutor in the lawsuit against former county prosecutor Mark Plants that was dismissed last week. The Kanawha County Commission received its final invoice from Special Prosecutor Sid Bell over the weekend, totaling $2,404.64. The total amount paid for the special prosecutor was $15,965.94 for Sid Bell and $211,054.12 overall for special prosecutor costs. In March 2014, Bell, who was a retired prose
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By CHRIS DICKERSON CHARLESTON – One state Supreme Court justice stands behind his vote in a recent ruling allowing juries decide if residents who have broken the law to obtain and use prescription painkillers can sue physicians and pharmacies for their addictions. Justice Brent Benjamin said the 3-2 ruling should be examined not on “gut emotions and the ‘badness’ of the parties,” but rather on the fact that the state Legislature and governor already have fully considered the wrongful conduct r
