Davis CHARLESTON - Though agreeing there's a perceived problem in the way the state Supreme Court handles appeals, the Court's chief justice said the solution in fixing it is not with an intermediate appellate court.
MORGANTOWN -- Abuse and neglect cases take up at least a third of a typical circuit judge's time, so the Supreme Court's Court Improvement Program Board this semester is underwriting the first-ever class solely on civil abuse and neglect law at the West Virginia University College of Law in Morgantown.
Chief Justice Brent Benjamin, left, Justice Thomas McHugh, rear, and Justice Margaret Workman, right, pose with members of the United States Marines during a state Supreme Court lunch on Dec. 11. (Photos courtesy of the Supreme Court) CHARLESTON -– Justices and employees of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia and others donated toys to the Toys for Tots program during a recent holiday lunch.
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia judges are participating in Read to Me Day on Thursday, Nov. 19, part of the West Virginia Library Commission's celebration of West Virginia Children's Book Week.
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia received one of the top grades in a national review of the way states appoint attorneys to represent the interests of children in abuse and neglect juvenile court proceedings.
McHugh CHARLESTON -- Supreme Court Justice Thomas McHugh on Tuesday swore in four new sex offender intensive supervision officers during a ceremony in the Supreme Court Chamber.
Maynard CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court will decide if e-mails between former Justice Spike Maynard and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship will see the light of day.
Workman CHARLESTON – As an attorney, Margaret Workman failed to persuade the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to lengthen the list of beneficiaries in wrongful death suits against employers. But as a Justice, she succeeded.
CHARLESTON – A former Putnam County circuit judge will stand in for West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin in the reconsideration of a controversial Massey Energy appeal.
Davis CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis denounced the idea of an intermediate appellate court system for the state as costly and unneccesary.
Davis CHARLESTON – West Virginia legislators respected the constitutional separation of powers when they trusted workers' compensation managers to devise a method for evaluating spine injuries, the Supreme Court of Appeals has decided.
Bloom CHARLESTON -- Kanawha Circuit Judge Louis "Duke" Bloom says just because he is Jewish isn't reason enough to warrant his stepping down in a case against prominent lawyer Scott Segal.
Manchin CHARLESTON – When it came time for Gov. Joe Manchin to appoint someone to the state Supreme Court, he said he never thought the mission would be so easy.
Segal CHARLESTON – A South Charleston man is suing prominent Charleston lawyer Scott Segal, saying Segal and his wife -- West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis -- have conspired against him to keep him from practicing law.
The year 2009 promises to be a busy one for the Supreme Court: a year of refocusing our court system on serving the needs of those who use West Virginia 's system of justice.
Albright CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Albright died March 20 at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center due to complications of esophageal cancer.