CHARLESTON – A state correctional facility medical assistant lost in her appeal to the state Supreme Court when the court found her claim of retaliatory discharge was not supported by any substantial West Virginia public policy.
CHARLESTON - Robert V. Berthold, Jr., Rebecca A. Betts, Thomas J. Hurney, Jr., Neva G. Lusk, Judge Ronald G. Pearson, Rory L. Perry, II, Don R. Sensabaugh, Jr., Howard E. Seufer, Jr. and Lonnie C. Simmons of Charleston have been named as West Virginia Bar Foundation Fellows.
CHARLESTON - State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Monday his office has sent letters to two state clinics that provide elective abortions and soon will begin assessing abortion regulation in the state.
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has ruled he does not have jurisdiction over home warranty company’s attempt to force an unsatisfied customer into arbitration.
CHARLESTON – Insurance rates are the province of the Insurance Commissioner and the reasonableness of such rates should not be second-guessed by circuit courts or jurors, according to a recent ruling of the state’s high court.
CHARLESTON – A lawyer discipline office could have pursued a conflict-of-interest complaint against former Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Michael Clifford even though a state judge already ruled no conflict existed, but the state Supreme Court has ruled no sanctions would be warranted anyway.
CHARLESTON - A Charleston man has added a claim of civil right violations to his pending lawsuit against his former employer and the city of South Charleston.
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha Family Law judge is accused of acting more of an adjunct prosecutor than a neutral fact-finder in criminal domestic violence cases.
CHARLESTON - A jury has found that approximately 700 plaintiffs in a nearly four-week long mass litigation tobacco trial proved only one of six claims after it deliberated for four hours.
