CHARLESTON – West Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals rejected a workers compensation claim from a woman who tripped as she crossed a street on a 15-minute break from her job.
MORGANTOWN -– Professor Carol Sanger, the Barbara Aronstein Black Professor of Law at the Columbia Law School, will speak at the John W. Fisher II Lecture on Law and Medicine on the policy that several states now require that before a woman can consent to an abortion, she must first undergo an ultrasound examination and be offered the image of her fetus.
McHugh CHARLESTON -- Supreme Court Justice Thomas McHugh on Tuesday swore in four new sex offender intensive supervision officers during a ceremony in the Supreme Court Chamber.
BECKLEY -– A man who collided with a guard rail is blaming the accident on his employer, saying the company provided him with a truck containing worn tires.
CHARLESTON – Mercer County jurors who found that Erie Insurance violated state antitrust law by terminating a Princeton agent must wait to see if the Supreme Court of Appeals will let their verdict stand.
HUNTINGTON -- A Kenova couple is suing the Huntington Mall Company and two businesses inside the Barboursville shopping center after a woman slipped on a substance left on the floor.
PRINCETON -- A Princeton man and his wife blame a doctor and physician's assistant for causing a stroke the man suffered after he took an appetite suppressant for a little less than one month.
BLUEFIELD -- A Virginia man is accusing his employer of age discrimination after he says he received more than $50,000 less than his co-workers in similar positions.
CHARLESTON – The administrator of a deceased man's estate has filed suit against a major drug manufacturer, alleging he died after he was exposed to a lethal amount of fentanyl through a prescribed pain patch.
BLUEFIELD – A Monroe County woman is seeking more than $1 million after she says she has not received enough money from natural gas entities, even though her land is not producing natural gas.
BLUEFIELD -- A drug manufacturer and a pharmacy are alleging a case in which a deceased woman's sister claims she died due to a defective fentanyl patch should be removed to federal court if it is not dismissed.
CHARLESTON -- Fifty-six lawyers were admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia during a ceremony before the Supreme Court of Appeals on May 12.
Davis CHARLESTON – West Virginia legislators respected the constitutional separation of powers when they trusted workers' compensation managers to devise a method for evaluating spine injuries, the Supreme Court of Appeals has decided.
Aboulhosn PRINCETON -– Mercer Circuit Judge Omar Aboulhosn will act as a tour guide for two groups of elementary school students who will visit the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver this month.
Ketchum CHARLESTON – Mercer County prosecutors want the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to overturn a court order requiring a gynecological examination for a 15-year-old girl who claims her brother raped her.
BLUEFIELD – A drug manufacturer is alleging a case in which a deceased woman's husband claims she died due to a defective fentanyl patch should remain in federal court if it is not dismissed.