CHARLESTON – One hundred students, including 18 from Marshall University, will participate in the fifth annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol on Jan. 31.
CHARLESTON -– Magistrates from around West Virginia gathered at the Capitol on Jan. 17 to lobby for changes in state law that would equalize their pay and give them the same right to carry a concealed weapon as circuit judges and prosecutors.
Kugel Mesh CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against the manufacturers of a recalled product that was used during her hernia operation.
CHARLESTON – Citing matters that arose out of pre-trial conference, a Morgantown law firm has withdrawn as legal counsel for all the Kanawha Circuit judges named in pending civil suit in federal court.
Below is a list of bills relating to the legal community that have introduced during the Second Regular Session of the 78th Legislature, which began Jan. 9. Entries below include bill number, sponsors, purpose of bill and action taken so far.
Plants CHARLESTON -- Mark Plants, an assistant prosecutor for Kanawha County and former WVU fullback, filed pre-candidacy papers Dec. 18 to seek the Republican nomination for the office of Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney.
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man has filed a suit against the state Department of Transportation, Division of Highways, claiming he was discriminated against because of his age.
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a medical company, claiming the negligence of employees in the office caused her cancer to go undiagnosed and untreated for two years.
Davis CHARLESTON – Chief Justice Robin Davis of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has warned circuit judges to stop excluding expert witnesses.