West Virginia News

Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals

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  Morrisey vetoes bill providing judicial pay raises

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, May 2, 2025 @ 8:05pm

  CHARLESTON – Gov. Patrick Morrisey has vetoed a bill that would have provided pay raises to state Supreme Court justices and other judges.

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  Walker retiring from state Supreme Court this summer

  By Chris Dickerson | Monday, Apr 21, 2025 @ 6:13pm

  CHARLESTON – Beth Walker, the most senior of justices on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, has announced her impending retirement.

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  State Supreme Court reverses ruling in auto technician’s Workers’ Comp case

  By Kyla Asbury | Thursday, Apr 17, 2025 @ 4:21pm

  CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court has sided with an injured auto technician in a workers’ compensation dispute, finding that medical evidence did not support cutting off his benefits or denying further diagnostic testing.

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  Justices say state judge shouldn't have granted new trial in fracking pipeline case

  By Chris Dickerson | Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025 @ 9:20pm

  CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has reversed a 2022 ruling by a Fayette Circuit Court judge who had set aside a jury verdict in a fracking pipeline case.

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  Supreme Court suspends Harris's law license for two years

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Mar 21, 2025 @ 9:16pm

  CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has suspended the law license of a Wheeling attorney for two years.

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  Justices side with three Ford dealers over incentive program

  By Chris Dickerson | Tuesday, Mar 11, 2025 @ 9:26pm

  CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court says three Ford dealerships in West Virginia met the requirements of a company incentive program.

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