MADISON – After an employee of the Boone County Prosecuting Attorney's office tested positive for COVID-19, the county's circuit court and magistrate court is closed for the next week.
CHARLESTON — The COVID-19 pandemic shut down courthouses and kept people home, making online services like West Virginia's Circuit Express vital for attorneys and those who need access to court records.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Tim Armstead said he is pleased with how courts across the state have responded throughout the Coronavirus pandemic.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County nurse says employees of a St. Albans nursing home to falsify medical records after she complained about improper staffing levels.
CHARLESTON – Attorneys want the state Department of Health and Human Resources to provide information about a registry of about 4,000 West Virginia children suffering from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha Circuit Judge has granted class-action certification in a case against West Virginia American Water Company regarding a 2015 leak.
The Kanawha County Commission has yet to certify the results of a magistrate division that includes a candidate who is the defendant in several discrimination lawsuits and caused a social media uproar with a recent Facebook post.
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court soon will have a new face among the five Justices. Longtime state lawmaker Bill Wooton earned a position on the state’s highest court June 9 during the delayed West Virginia primary.
CHARLESTON –West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Tim Armstead has entered an order extending the Judicial Emergency because of the Coronavirus pandemic through May 15.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a lawsuit against the State Police, several Kanawha County Sheriff’s deputies and the county commission alleging she was shot without reason by a state Trooper in an incident that left her boyfriend dead.
CHARLESTON – Chief Justice Tim Armstead says the state Supreme Court is monitoring the Coronavirus pandemic daily and already making plans for how to move forward.
