CHARLESTON - Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is reminding West Virginians of the state's price gouging laws during states of emergency and states of preparedness. When the governor declares a state of emergency or state of preparedness, businesses may not increase the price of certain vital commodities by more than 10 percent. "Today, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a 'State of Emergency' in three counties, and a 'State of Preparedness' in 35 other counties in order to mobilize resources to c
PINEVILLE—A Wyoming County couple sued their insurance company claiming breach of contract in its alleged denial of coverage following an epic 2013 house fire. Douglas Lester and Donna Lester of Oceana filed a complaint against State Farm Fire and Casualty Company of Bloomington, IL, June 23 in Wyoming Circuit Court asserting a June 2013 breach of their homeowners’ insurance policy, originally purchased in June 2010 and renewed in June 2012. According to the filing, the plaintiffs’ home sustai
CHARLESTON -- Randolph Circuit Judge Jaymie Godwin Wilfong has been charged by a state panel after admitting to having an affair with a community corrections official.
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has found that a Randolph County couple’s personal injury and property damage case arising from the alleged negligent clean-up of a sewage back-up was properly dismissed by the circuit court.
CHARLESTON - The state Supreme Court ruled that an ex-wife who was owed back child support on her now adult children does not a have claim on a wrongful death award received as a result of her former husband’s death.
CHARLESTON – The state’s high court has affirmed the dismissal of a state prisoner’s complaint alleging that officials at Huttonsville Correctional Center did not provide adequate treatment regarding his belief that he has “a vibration in my body that feels like a pager vibrating.”
Below is a partial list of scheduled dates county courthouses will be closed for the Christmas, and New Year’s holidays. The information was provided by the respective county commissions, and is subject to change. Updated information will be provided as it becomes available.
