West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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WVU Moot Court competition full of drama
Baker Cup finalist Steven Conifer hoists his trophy after being declared the winner. MORGANTOWN – Two people never worked as hard for $850 as Steven Conifer and Jenifer Matko. -
PERSONNEL FILE: New lawyers admitted to Bar
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals admitted the following applicants into the practice of law on March 14: -
'The Law Works' explores role of state Supreme Court
Albright CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Public Broadcasting's "The Law Works" spends the next two weeks exploring the role of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and its relationships to the legal system as a whole. -
Judge sets aside flood trial verdict
BECKLEY – Raleigh County Circuit Judge John Hutchison turned a trial over a flood into a parade of speculation and inflammation. -
Justices not convinced in pharmacy argument
MORGANTOWN – Affidavits from five authors of the Medical Professional Liability Act of 1986 failed to convince the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals that the act does not cover pharmacies. -
Justices to decide on two-year statute of limitations
MORGANTOWN – Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals must decide whether the two-year statute of limitations on a claim of personal injury should stop in a case of temporary insanity. -
Juror confusion should mean new trial, attorney argues
MORGANTOWN – Confusion among jurors over the meaning of malice in a murder trial should entitle the defendant to a new trial, according to attorney Crystal Walden of Charleston. -
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Hospital meeting open, Supreme Court rules
Starcher CHARLESTON – Any citizen may observe meetings of the medical staff executive committee at Charleston Area Medical Center, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals unanimously ruled March 1. -
Are pharmacies health care providers? Court will hear arguments
CHARLESTON – Attorney J. Robert Rogers of Hurricane, seeking to prove that West Virginia's medical malpractice law does not apply to pharmacies, produced affidavits to that effect from five members of the 1986 legislature. -
Police must get search warrant to send 'wired' informants into home, Court rules
Davis CHARLESTON – Police in West Virginia must obtain search warrants before sending "wired" informants into homes, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled. -
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Court reverses 72-year-old woman's homicide conviction
CHARLESTON – Marjorie Green, 72, served jail time for a crime she did not commit, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled. -
Our work is not done
Davis CHARLESTON -- In our professional careers as lawyers and judges, most of the children with whom we come in contact, unfortunately, have been victims of abuse or neglect. Their plight tugs at our hearts and inspires us to do what we can to make their journey through the court system faster and better. -
Byrd, Rockefeller recommend Rose for federal judge
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Charleston attorney Herschel H. "Ned" Rose III has been recommended by U.S. Senators Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller to serve as a federal judge in the Northern District of West Virginia. -
Doctor claims former patient defrauded court
ELKINS – Melvin Heckel convinced jurors that a negligent doctor blinded him, but now the doctor claims to possess proof that Heckel faked blindness. -
Supreme Court suspends Clay lawyer
CHARLESTON – Wayne King of Clay must give up his law license for at least 60 days because he broke rules of professional conduct in borrowing from a client. -
Supreme Court hears coal lease dispute
CHARLESTON – Like a contestant on a quiz show, attorney Raymond Byrd of Wheeling searched for answers worth millions. -
Woman argues self defense before Supreme Court
CHARLESTON – Valerie Whittaker served almost two years in prison for killing her boyfriend, but she continues trying to prove she shot him in self defense. -
Pro se plaintiff convinces Supreme Court
CHARLESTON – Thomas Auxier of Indore represented himself before the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and did better than some lawyers do.