West Virginia Association for Justice
Recent News About West Virginia Association for Justice
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Blass elected WVAJ president
Blass WHEELING – A Wheeling attorney has been elected the new president of the West Virginia Association for Justice. -
McGraw receives Appalachian Hero Award
McGraw CHARLESTON -- Celebrating the 25th year of promoting its core principle of "Change, Not Charity," the Appalachian Community Fund has honored West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw with its Appalachian Hero Award for 2012. -
Insurance bill goes to Tomblin
Roberts CHARLESTON – A much-debated insurance bill passed both the House of Delegates and state Senate and now awaits the governor's signature. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Peak honored by Super Lawyers, Best Lawyers
Peak MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown attorney Jane E. Peak recently was named a 2012 West Virginia Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers magazine. She also has been named as the "Morgantown Best Lawyers Employment Law – Individuals Lawyer of the Year" for 2012. -
Insurance bill leads to war of words
Miley CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce calls an insurance-related lawsuit bill detrimental to recent legal reforms made in the state, but supporters of the proposal disagree. -
Kaufman urges increase in mandatory school attendance age
Kaufman CHARLESTON -- Kanawha Circuit Court Judge Tod J. Kaufman says West Virginia needs to increase the mandatory school attendance age. -
W.Va. remains third on 'Hellhole' list
Joyce WASHINGTON - Even with a couple of "well-reasoned" decisions by its state Supreme Court this year, West Virginia remains third on an annual list of Judicial Hellholes, according to a new report released Thursday. -
THEIR VIEW: Use hard facts, not hearsay
Layne CHARLESTON -- In the courtroom, facts matter. You don't deal with supposition or hearsay. When you present facts in court, you provide evidence to substantiate your claim. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Segal appointed secretary of University of Vermont Foundation board
Segal BURLINGTON, Vt. -- Attorney Scott S. Segal of Charleston, W.Va., has been appointed secretary of the Board of Directors of the University of Vermont Foundation. -
THEIR VIEW: Maloney's 'horror' story simply not true
CHARLESTON -- GOP gubernatorial candidate Bill Maloney recently told West Virginia voters that the Stella-Jones Corp. closed its Ripley plant in 2010 because a Jackson County jury awarded a former employee wages in an age discrimination lawsuit. -
THEIR VIEW: Maloney needs to be careful of what he asks for
HUNTINGTON -- Our Bill of Rights is the foundation of the liberties we enjoy as American citizens. Americans celebrate their 1st Amendment rights of freedom of speech and freedom of religion and their 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, but what about their 7th Amendment rights? -
THEIR VIEW: Setting the Record Straight: Democracy 101
Farrell CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Record recently published an editorial offering a "remedial civics lesson" for a dissenting Supreme Court Justice. The editorial suggests that the West Virginia Supreme Court "does not have the right to nullify or amend" a legislative act or "overrule the legislature." -
Allen excited for new start at Kay Casto & Chaney
Allen CHARLESTON – Bob Allen realizes it probably surprised a lot of people to find out he was leaving the law firm he helped create for Kay Casto & Chaney. -
New judge to take office in Marion County
CHARLESTON -– West Virginia's newest circuit judge will be sworn into office in a ceremony at 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 4, in the main courtroom in the Marion County Courthouse. The public is invited to attend, and no RSVP is necessary. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Karlin honored by Super Lawyers
Karlin MORGANTOWN -- Morgantown attorney Allan N. Karlin has been recognized as one of West Virginia's top lawyers in Super Lawyers for the fourth consecutive year. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Romano named WVAJ Member of the Year
Romano CHARLESTON -– For the second time in six years, Clarksburg attorney Michael Romano has been named Member of the Year by the West Virginia Association for Justice. -
Justices: Courts can't enforce lopsided nursing home arbitration plans
Ketchum CHARLESTON – Courts can't enforce lopsided arbitration agreements in nursing home admission contracts, the Supreme Court of Appeals ruled on June 29. -
Medical Association praises court decision upholding caps
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia State Medical Association says it applauds the Court's "well reasoned decision" to uphold the state's cap on non-economic damages in medical liability lawsuits. -
THEIR VIEW: Losers always want another chance
Romano CLARKSBURG -- We all hate "tit for tat," but the recent article by Richie Heath, director of the so-called Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA), again demanding the state expand government by creating an intermediate court of appeals, begs a response. -
THEIR VIEW: Personal attacks aimed at protecting profits, not justice
CHARLESTON -- As head of the West Virginia Association for Justice (WVAJ) — the official name of West Virginia's personal injury lawyers — Michael Romano continues to do his best to demagogue the issue of appeals court legislation.