West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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Justices hear arguments in lengthy divorce case
Maynard CHARLESTON - Justice Spike Maynard of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals wisecracked that courts will dismiss any divorce that lasts longer than the marriage. -
Woman wants ex-husband surgeon to pay divorce bill
CHARLESTON – Georganne Landis ran up a $333,442.86 bill divorcing orthopedic surgeon A. E. Landis of Beckley, and she wants him to pay it. -
Is jail authority charging counties too much?
CHARLESTON – Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals must decide whether the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority charges counties too much for keeping suspects behind bars. -
Supreme Court to hear $50 million Massey appeal
CHARLESTON – Five years after Boone County jurors awarded about $50 million on a claim that Massey Coal ruined a man and his business, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will judge the trial. -
Supreme Court celebrates 10th anniversary of Web site
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Dan O'Hanlon named 'Judge of the Year'
Judge O'Hanlon Photo courtesy of Huntington Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON – Judge Dan O'Hanlon, chief judge of the Cabell County Circuit Court, was named Judge of the Year by the West Virginia Association for Justice. -
Sides gear up for future showdown on MPLA challenge
Westmoreland CHARLESTON – A legal grudge match pitting two doctors against each other may hold as much at stake over the future of medical malpractice cases as last week's Friends of Coal Bowl had for bragging rights as to who would be the state's No. 1 football team. -
State Supreme Court to visit Marshall
HUNTINGTON – Executives of regional airline Colgan Air ordered their Huntington crew to stop tormenting prospective pilot Rao Zahid Khan, but a month after the World Trade Center attacks the Huntington crew fired him. -
Court agrees to hear appeal in Mingo obstruction conviction
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal of two Kanawha County women convicted of obstruction of justice in Mingo County. -
Supreme Court receives $815,000 grant to improve domestic violence response
Davis CHARLESTON -– The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has received an $815,000 grant to improve the way the court system handles domestic violence protective orders. -
Chief Justice ready to get 'back to school'
Davis CHARLESTON – For Robin Jean Davis, it's like starting a new school year. -
Court to decide if 80-year-old man can sue those who arrested him
CHARLESTON – Chuck Canterbury of Mount Hope, who twice persuaded the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to throw out criminal charges against him, now wants the Court to let him sue those who arrested him. -
Petition would force BrickStreet to act as state agency
CHARLESTON – Workers' compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual faces a competitive future but can't shake off the baggage of a state agency. -
Court: Retired judge cannot hire Ohio auctioneer
Egnor CHARLESTON – A Kanawha Circuit judge has ruled against a retired judge who is trying to sell his Cabell County home through an Ohio auctioneer. -
McDowell assistant prosecutor, 19 other attorneys lose licenses
CHARLESTON – McDowell County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Dannie Barie has lost his law license. -
Other justices dishonored Recht, Benjamin says
Benjamin CHARLESTON – Four Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals dishonored former Justice Arthur Recht when they ordered him to hold a new trial, in the view of dissenting Justice Brent Benjamin. -
Justices still arguing over royalties in coal lease case
Benjamin CHARLESTON – Four months after the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided that attorneys in Wheeling could forever collect 30 percent of royalties on a coal lease they negotiated, the argument hasn't ended. -
Insurance company might have broken law, Benjamin writes
CHARLESTON – Erie Insurance Property and Casualty Company may have violated state law, according to Justice Brent Benjamin of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. -
Supreme Court to hear jail case in October
HUNTINGTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has set a date to hear arguments over who should pay to house state inmates. -
Retired judge says AG, state agency bullying him over home sale
Egnor CHARLESTON – A retired judge wants to sell his home, but he says the state Real Estate Commission and even Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office are working to keep him from doing so.