CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man who was injured when a man driving intoxicated collided with him on the interstate has filed a suit against the bar where the man allegedly drank at before the accident.
CHARLESTON – Five days before the West Virginia state bar examination, U. S. District Judge David Faber denied an injunction that would have given prospective lawyer Shannon Kelly twice as much time as other test takers.
CHARLESTON – Citing matters that arose out of pre-trial conference, a Morgantown law firm has withdrawn as legal counsel for all the Kanawha Circuit judges named in pending civil suit in federal court.
CHARLESTON – Hampshire Circuit Judge Andrew Frye went overboard when he held Sylvia Catron in contempt for violating an injunction, according to the state Supreme Court of Appeals.
CHARLESTON - After the two sides went through more than two hours of fruitless mediation, a federal judge filed on Tuesday a scheduling order in the case of a county employee who was fired by one retired and six current Kanawha Circuit judges.
CHARLESTON - The involved parties in a case against six current and one retired Kanawha Circuit Court judges and have decided to set up a mediation session before they proceed with the case.
CHARLESTON - A federal judge recently denied the Motion to Dismiss filed by one retired and six current Kanawha Circuit judges, allowing a wrongful termination case concerning an alleged racial slur to proceed against them.
Berger CHARLESTON – Judges normally keep their emotions out of their work, but a petition for a name change touched the heart of Kanawha County Circuit Judge Irene Berger.