West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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Suspended attorney faces criminal charge for forging judge's signature
CHARLESTON – A Hampshire County attorney recently suspended for falsifying court documents, including forging a judge's signature, may soon face related criminal charges, the Hampshire County Prosecutor's Office has confirmed. -
Ketchum has lots of questions on first day
Ketchum CHARLESTON – Like a rookie swinging at every pitch, Justice Menis Ketchum asked about as many questions as the other four Justices together on the first day of his new job at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. -
Lack of heat forces state Supreme Court offices closed
CHARLESTON -- A heating problem at the state Capitol has forced the state Supreme Court of Appeals to shut down for the day. -
Court to hear Cabell, Mineral County attorney discipline cases
CHARLESTON – A Cabell County attorney accused of converting a client's settlement funds for his personal use, and a Mineral County attorney accused of having a conflict-of-interest in an automobile fatality case are two attorney discipline cases the state Supreme Court is slated to hear early in its Spring 2009 term. -
Chief Justice, Supreme Court drum in new term
Chief Justice Brent Benjamin CHARLESTON – Brent Benjamin, on his first day as Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, presided over a new kind of ceremony that promised a new kind of Court. -
State Supreme Court sets 2009 interest rates
CHARLESTON -– The Administrative Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has set the interest rate at 7.00 percent for judgments and decrees entered during the 2009 calendar year. -
Mason attorney admonished for co-mingling settlement funds
Musgrave CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has sanctioned a Point Pleasant attorney for mishandling the proceeds of a settlement awarded to a Mason County physician five years ago. -
Charleston attorney's death puts contempt charges to rest
CHARLESTON – As a result of his sudden death, the state Supreme Court has dismissed a petition for contempt the state Bar was seeking for a Charleston attorney's failure to comply with the terms of his 2007 disciplinary action. -
Starcher goes out with a dissenting bang
Starcher CHARLESTON – To the end, the old West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals worked hard at making decisions. And former Justice Larry Starcher worked hard at disagreeing. -
Sanctuary owner, DNR reach agreement
ELKINS – Wildlife sanctuary owner Joel Rosenthal can capture wild animals anywhere in West Virginia and rehabilitate them on his farm near Hillsboro under an agreement he reached with Division of Natural Resources director Frank Jezioro. -
Hospital right in firing worker, Justices rule
CHARLESTON – Williamson Memorial Hospital managers properly terminated a brand new employee whose special treatment upset other workers, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled on Dec. 12. -
Caperton files motion with U.S. Supreme Court
Benjamin CHARLESTON -- Lawyers for Hugh Caperton and Harman Mining Corp. filed a brief this week asking the U.S. Supreme Court to make it illegal for a state Supreme Court justice to accept millions of dollars in campaign contributions from someone, then vote on legal decisions involving the same person. -
WVAJ calls Hellhole report 'unreliable propaganda'
Karlin CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Association for Justice called this week's "Judicial Hellhole" report by the American Tort Reform Foundation "nothing more than propaganda released by billion-dollar special interests who want immunity when corporations break the law and risk the lives of consumers and workers." -
THEIR VIEW: As year comes to end, Maynard looks back
CHARLESTON -- As the year 2008 draws to a close, so does my third term as Chief Justice as well as my term on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. -
Federal judge dismisses malpractice suit against public defender
Goodwin HUNTINGTON – He proved he didn't belong in prison, but John David Mooney can't pursue a suit in federal court against the public defender who failed to prove he didn't belong in prison. -
Too late to sue over blade in wrist, Justices rule
Davis CHARLESTON – Surgeon Ted Jackson left a knife blade in Paul Forshey's wrist, but Forshey can't sue Jackson because more than 10 years passed before he found the blade. -
Court suspends one, disbars two attorneys
CHARLESTON – The licenses of three attorneys have either been suspended or annulled by recent order of the state Supreme Court. -
Justices order new trial in Ohio Co. med mal case
CHARLESTON - Circuit Judge James Mazzone spoiled an Ohio County medical malpractice trial by approving a prospective juror who blamed malpractice verdicts for high insurance costs, according to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. -
*** SupCo calendar for 11/24 issue
CHARLESTON -- The calendar for the remainder of the Fall 2008 term for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Calendar is subject to change. -
Cabell correctly valued retirement community, Court rules
Davis CHARLESTON – Cabell County commissioners correctly valued the Woodlands Retirement Community at $29,759,000, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided Nov. 5.