Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital PARKERSBURG -- An Ohio attorney is alleging that his former law firm has unfairly gained from the nearly 5,000 hours he put into a successful wrongful death suit against a Wood County hospital and physician.
O'Connor CHARLESTON -- Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor told an audience of American Bar Association members in Charlotte, N.C. last week that the public is growing distrustful of elected judges, and she used the Harman Mining case against state Chief Justice Brent Benjamin as an example of the problem of judicial elections.
MORGANTOWN -- There's bad news for any challenger interested in running for the unexpired term on the West Virginia Supreme Court next year: The five sitting justices all had a congenial lunch together last Thursday.
CHARLES TOWN – A federal appeals court has ruled that three former employees of Charles Town Races and Slots are entitled to overtime pay because of the nature of their work.
Manchin CHARLESTON – Keeping to a promise he made during his State of the State address, Gov. Joe Manchin has signed an executive order that creates a commission to study possible changes to the state's court system.
Benjamin WASHINGTON - Massey Energy may not file a supplemental brief detailing West Virginia Chief Justice Brent Benjamin's voting record in its cases, the U.S. Supreme Court has decided.
Maynard CHARLESTON –- The West Virginia Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously granted a petition filed by The Associated Press, which is seeking eight e-mails between former Justice Elliott "Spike' Maynard and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.
Maynard CHARLESTON – Though former Supreme Court Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard lost the election, The Associated Press still is going after eight of his e-mails to Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.
Kessler CHARLESTON - Jeff Kessler, chair of the West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee, thinks public financing of Supreme Court elections may help avoid the unwanted attention the Court has received recently.
Benjamin WASHINGTON -– Lawyers for Massey Energy are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to consider West Virginia Chief Justice Brent Benjamin's voting record when it comes to the coal giant.
Souter WASHINGTON -- Former U.S. Solicitor General Ted Olson stood before the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday and warned them that the manner in which judges are elected is no longer working.
Roberts WASHINGTON -- Justices of a seemingly split U.S. Supreme Court took turns grilling attorneys on both sides of a key judicial recusal case during oral arguments Tuesday morning.
Benjamin CHARLESTON -- A Washington, D.C.-based court reform group says a new poll shows that average citizens believe elected judges should step aside in cases where one of the litigants was a major campaign supporter.
Giatras WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled against a Marion County man charged with felony gun possession because of a previous battery conviction against his then-wife.
RICHMOND -- In a blow to environmentalists and a huge victory for the coal mining industry, a federal appeals court recently overturned a lower court's ruling that called for more extensive environmental review of mountaintop removal sites.
King WASHINGTON -- The State of Alabama may not participate in the oral arguments of a key judicial recusal case scheduled to be heard in March by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Peirce PITTSBURGH –- Robert Peirce may not lose a West Virginia lawsuit claiming his Pittsburgh-based law firm filed phony asbestos claims, but his insurer figures he might.
Farrell CHARLESTON -- A West Virginia case that reached the United States Supreme Court and prompted state lawmakers to change the law restricting out-of-state plaintiffs to sue here has ended with a verdict in favor of the defendants.
Louisiana's Supreme Court justices, from left: Justice Jeannette Theriot Knoll, Justice Jeffrey P. Victory, Justice Catherine D. "Kitty" Kimball, Chief Justice Pascal F. Calogero, Jr., Justice Bernette J. Johnson, Justice Chet D. Traylor, Justice John L. Weimer WASHINGTON -- The Louisiana Supreme Court wants to make sure its name isn't dragged through the mud during a key judicial recusal case before the U.S. Supreme Court.