CHARLESTON -- While opioid distributors have argued there is no proof of connection between prescription painkiller use and illicit drug use, an expert in the neurobiology of addiction said, during the second day of a landmark federal trial against those distributors, that people who take prescription painkillers and illicit opioids see the same changes in their brain chemistry.
On Monday, Supreme Court Chief Justice Evan Jenkins congratulated Family Court Judge Kenneth Ballard on his appointment to a vacant circuit court seat in Kanawha County.
Gov. Jim Justice has appointed Kenneth Ballard, of Charleston, WV, to the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit, which serves Kanawha County. Ballard is set to fill the seat vacated by the resignation of the Honorable Tod J. Kaufman.
CHARLESTON – Kenneth Ballard is Kanawha County's newest circuit court judge. On April 26, Gov. Jim Justice appointed Ballard, who lives in Charleston, to the Kanawha Circuit Court. He will fill the seat vacated when former Judge Tod Kaufman retired last month.
CHARLESTON — The state Supreme Court has ruled a senior status circuit judge was correct in granting summary judgment to the state by rejecting an appeal from five state employees who claimed they were shortchanged by a payroll cycle change.
CHARLESTON – The 85th West Virginia Legislature stepped up in a big way by boldly meeting the mandate from voters to rapidly transform West Virginia into a better place to live, work and raise a family — accomplishing, arguably, the most transformational session in recent memory.
CHARLESTON —The number of asbestos cases nationwide and in Kanawha County decreased in 2020, according to a recent review of asbestos litigation filings.
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed that a lower court did not have jurisdiction in a lawsuit involving Xenia Hotels & Resorts' 2019 tax assessment.
CHARLESTON — A former Charleston attorney William M. Lester Jr. was sentenced to home confinement for one to three years after he pleaded guilty to fraud charges.
This legislation is needed in West Virginia. Over-naming of asbestos defendants is a serious issue, unnecessarily driving up litigation costs, bankrupting companies, creating further West Virginia court backlogs, and leaving unsuspecting victims with delayed recoveries.
In a letter to Gov. Jim Justice, Kanawha Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman said his resignation is effective at midnight March 31. Kaufman did not list a reason for stepping down.
