West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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State Supreme Court helping Marshall celebrate Constitution Week
HUNTINGTON -– Named after legendary United States Supreme Court Justice John Marshall, Marshall University celebrates the upcoming Constitution Week with a visit from the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. -
Maynard draws laughs at Court reception
CHARLESTON -- Justice Spike Maynard earned the loudest laughter at a West Virginia Bar Association reception for the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Sept. 6, by observing that the word "respect" can signal something else. -
Attorney explains confusing suit to Justices
CHARLESTON – Attorney Frank Venezia of Madison explained a confusing malpractice suit against attorney Kenneth Chittum of Bluefield to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, but he would rather not explain it to a jury. -
Supreme Court to hear legal malpractice case
CHARLESTON – After attorney Kenneth Chittum of Bluefield negotiated $74,300 in insurance payouts for Samantha Sells over a motorcycle crash, Sells fired Chittum and sued him on a claim of legal malpractice. -
Blue Cross, UMW case goes to Supreme Court
CHARLESTON – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of West Virginia hurt a lot of people when it went broke 16 years ago, and leaders of the United Mine Workers of America still think it hurt their union more than anyone else. -
Calwell beats flood trial deadline via e-mail
Calwell WHEELING – By e-mail, attorney Stuart Calwell of Charleston barely beat a deadline to explain his theories for a trial over a flood that soaked southern West Virginia five years ago. -
Second phase of flood trial postponed
BECKLEY – Three weeks before a scheduled trial in the second phase of a giant court contest over a flood that pounded southern West Virginia five years ago, the parties postponed the trial indefinitely. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Attorneys on list of state's most powerful
Steptoe CHARLESTON – West Virginia Executive magazine's list of The 50 Most Powerful West Virginians is peppered with lawyers. -
Supreme Court gives Harrison judge four opinions
CHARLESTON – Anyone who has taken direction from four bosses at once knows how Harrison County Circuit Judge James Matish feels. -
Firefighters should have applid for workers' comp, Court says
CHARLESTON – Fifteen Martinsburg firefighters who sued the city because they thought they could not pursue workers' compensation claims found out they should have applied for workers' comp after all. -
Prior health woes saved Dues from previous suspension
CHARLESTON – A conditional suspension given to a Kanawha County attorney last year was not the first time he faced a reprimand or cited health reasons for his misconduct. -
Court overturns removal of lawyer in Erickson estate battle
CHARLESTON -- Ethel Erickson's children fought her over control of her wealth, and now that she has died they are fighting her attorney over control of her wealth. -
Miner can't sue over fear of death, Court rules
CHARLESTON – Coal miner Berchie Bias cannot sue his employer over his fear of smoky death, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has decided. -
Benjamin, Albright issue venue case concurring opinions
Benjamin CHARLESTON – When the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals declared that the state's restriction on lawsuits from residents of other states violated the United States Constitution, only two of five Justices felt that way. -
Starcher says colleagues ignored facts in Moose case
Starcher CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Larry Starcher has accused his colleagues of ignoring facts to win Moose Lodge votes. -
State Supreme Court OKs C&O class action trial
CHARLESTON – By a single vote, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on July 12 denied a petition to stop a class action trial over Daewoo autos. -
Court sides with Charleston in Blue Jay Way case
CHARLESTON -– Charleston taxpayers moved a mountain in 1999. And according to Kanawha County Circuit Judge Paul Zakaib Jr., they don't have to put it back. -
Sister, Brother settle 50-year old rape accusation
SPENCER – A Roane County woman and her estranged brother have agreed to settle legal disputes the two have against each other stemming from an alleged rape that occurred over 50 years ago. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Two admitted to State Bar
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals admitted the following people into the practice of law in West Virginia on June 29: -
Supreme Court makes snowy distinction
CHARLESTON – Nimble on ice, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals carved a line between snow that falls from the sky and snow that public employees shovel.