West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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Casey recommended for Northern District judgeship
Casey CHARLESTON – State Democratic Party Chairman Nick Casey has been recommended for a federal judgeship in the Northern District of West Virginia. -
Mingo deputy firing trial starts Oct. 20
CHARLESTON – Folks in Mingo County should charter buses to catch a red hot trial between Sheriff Lonnie Hannah and former deputy Roy Glenn Messer starting on Oct. 20. -
THEIR VIEW: What rights do home-schooled children have to play sports?
MORGANTOWN -- What rights do home-schooled children have to participate in interscholastic sports in West Virginia public schools? -
Former spouses argue over child support at Supreme Court
Workman CHARLESTON – Former spouses often squabble over child support, but only once have they squabbled at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. -
Mom seeks support from former husband for another's child
CHARLESTON – Ninety dollars a month in child support doesn't sound like much. Unless, perhaps, another man fathered the child. -
Shepherdstown paper wants Justices to hear FOIA case
CHARLES TOWN – Citizens have no right to know who signed petitions that a private group circulated to force a public referendum, Jefferson Circuit Judge David Sanders ruled. -
Ketchum eager to hear cases at Marshall
Ketchum HUNTINGTON – Justice Menis Ketchum's commute to work won't be nearly as long Tuesday. -
Justices must resolve doctor hearing case
CHARLESTON – Five years after directors of West Virginia Mutual Insurance decided not to renew coverage for an orthopedic surgeon with 19 malpractice claims on his record, the insurer still covers the doctor under a court order. -
Justices to decide if insurer must pay for man's injuries in rental car
Benjamin CHARLESTON – Enterprise Rent A Car sold Empire Fire and Marine liability insurance to a customer who elected not to cover any other driver, but Enterprise and Empire wound up on the hook for injuries he suffered while someone else drove. Now, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals must decide whether to take Enterprise and Empire off the hook. -
Monroe landowners plead property tax case to Justices
Monroe CHARLESTON -- Monroe County commissioners imposed unconstitutional property taxes on 113 owners of valuable land near Union, the owners pleaded to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Sept. 8. -
THEIR VIEW: Stop and smell the roses
CHARLESTON -- As Chief Justice, I've had the pleasure of traveling the Mountain State and speaking with a number of groups on a wide variety of issues. -
Justices hear Harman-Massey arguments for third time
Blankenship CHARLESTON – Twice the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturned a $50 million verdict against Massey Coal, but both decisions fell through. Now, a new Court must decide the case once and for all. -
Planning commission should've sued Court, lawyers says
MARTINSBURG – Jefferson County planning commission members sued developer Far Away Farms when they should have sued the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the developer's attorney claims. -
Judicial reform commissioner among attorneys suspended for CLE violations
CHARLESTON - Twenty-six lawyers soon will have their licenses suspended for failing to take mandatory continuing education. -
Minn. company wants more info from former employee
BECKLEY – A Minnesota company is asking its former employee to supply it with more information after he filed a suit against the company for its alleged violation of a public policy when it laid him off. -
Gaujot named new Monongalia judge
CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin on Tuesday announced his appointment of Phillip D. Gaujot to the newly created judgeship in the 17th Judicial Circuit in Monongalia County. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Yianne joins Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan
Yianne CHARLESTON -– Ftemkos (Tim) J. Yianne has joined the law firm of Pullin, Fowler, Flanagan, Brown & Poe in its Charleston office. -
Albright Jr. contempt hearing scheduled for Sept. 23
CHARLESTON - Among the cases the state Supreme Court will hear early in its Fall 2009 term is a petition to hold a Wood County attorney in contempt. -
Workman writes opinion overturning a three-year-old loss
Workman CHARLESTON – As an attorney, Margaret Workman failed to persuade the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to lengthen the list of beneficiaries in wrongful death suits against employers. But as a Justice, she succeeded. -
*** State Supreme Court calendar for the Spring 2009 term
CHARLESTON – Below is the calendar for the Spring 2009 term of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Brent Benjamin will be chief justice in 2009. The calendar is subject to change. Please visit the Supreme Court's Web site at http://www.state.wv.us/wvsca/ for the most current calendar and docket information.