Scalia WASHINGTON – When an agreement to arbitrate disputes contains an agreement to arbitrate disputes over arbitration, an arbitrator and not a judge must determine the validity of the entire agreement, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June.
BLUEFIELD – Angela Dyson, former manager of Long John Silver's restaurant in Princeton, can't pursue a sexual harassment claim in Mercer Circuit Court.
Davis CHARLESTON -– The LAWS program that had been scheduled for March 30 in Moundsville has been cancelled due to the high number of school days missed this year because of snow in the Northern Panhandle, Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis said Wednesday.
BLUEFIELD – Whirlpool and Rent-A-Center have requested the federal court dismiss a complaint filed against them in which a McDowell County couple says a fire caused by a defective Whirlpool dryer destroyed their home.
BLUEFIELD – Lawyers for Long John Silver's restaurants claim former general manager Angela Dyson broke the law by suing in Mercer County after the company removed an earlier suit from Mercer County to federal court.
Nelson CHARLESTON -- Soccer coach and Huddleston Bolen partner Kevin Nelson lead the Charleston Catholic girls soccer team to its second consecutive state title in November.
BECKLEY – A Greenbrier County woman claims the Greenbrier Hotel Corporation discriminated against her by choosing less-qualified males to fill roles to which she applied.
BLUEFIELD – AT&T Mobility says its former employee did not exhaust all administrative remedies available to her before she filed suit against the company for its alleged failure to compensate her for her work.
Jernigan CHARLESTON -– West Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals reversed a $4,233,627 antitrust verdict against Erie Insurance, finding that Mercer County Circuit Judge William Sadler incorrectly identified Erie subsidiaries as separate corporations.