SUMMERSVILLE – A three-judge panel has dismissed a removal petition against the Nicholas County Commission, its president and two commissioners. The judges granted an order granting the respondents’ motion for summary judgment, according to the Jan. 4 order. The three-judge panel included Judges Phillip D. Gaujot, John W. Hatcher Jr. and Timothy L. Sweeney.
By KYLA ASBURY CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court says a circuit court did not err in putting a man's name on a verdict form. The is an appeal from the circuit court's denial of Modular Building Consultants of West Virginia Inc.'s motion for judgment as a matter of law or for a new trial following an adverse jury verdict on Modular's claims for contribution and indemnification. Chief Justice Margaret Workman authored the majority opinion.
