West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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Weathering the storm and looking forward to 2021
When I began my term as Chief Justice on January 1, little did I know that our court system would face the tremendous, unprecedented challenge that the COVID-19 epidemic has presented for courts throughout our state. -
Longtime Kanawha County judge Charlie King dies at 73
CHARLESTON – Longtime Kanawha Circuit Judge Charlie King has died. He was 73. King, who also served Kanawha County Prosecutor, died December 28. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Bill Wooton To Be Sworn In As Supreme Court Justice
Beckley attorney William R. “Bill” Wooton will be sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice in a ceremony at 2 p.m. Dec. 30, in the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Courtroom. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: New Kanawha Family Court Judge To Be Sworn In
Brittany Ranson Stonestreet will be sworn in as Kanawha County’s newest Family Court Judge in a ceremony at noon, Dec. 28, in the Chamber of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in Charleston. -
Supreme Court says Blue Cross case should be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granted a writ of prohibition to prohibit the enforcement of a March circuit court order that denied a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. -
Wooton to be sworn in as newest state Supreme Court Justice on December 30
CHARLESTON – William R. “Bill” Wooton will be sworn in December 30 as a West Virginia Supreme Court Justice. -
Fourth Circuit upholds ruling denying a new hearing in Loughry case
RICHMOND, Virginia – The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a federal judge’s ruling denying former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry a new hearing. -
Jenkins excited to continue moving state Supreme Court forward as Chief Justice in 2021
CHARLESTON – Most people are eager to put 2020 behind them for obvious reasons. But state Supreme Court Justice Evan Jenkins has one more reason to look forward to 2021 because he'll serve as Chief Justice in the coming year. -
Someone with COVID-19 attended Supreme Court event; no court employees have tested positive
CHARLESTON – Someone who attended an event last week at the state Supreme Court chambers has tested positive for COVID-19, but it wasn’t any court employee who works at the Capitol. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Chief Justice Tim Armstead Takes Oath of Office
Supreme Court Chief Justice Tim Armstead began his first full 12-year-term on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia on Tuesday by pledging to continue to work to restore public confidence in the state court system. -
Loughry finishes federal sentence, released from halfway house in Baltimore
CHARLESTON – Former state Supreme Court Justice Allen Loughry was released December 16 from a federal halfway house near Baltimore. -
Judge bestows generational wealth in West Virginia
In 2019, a Wood County jury awarded her $16.9 million in damages, placing 30 percent of the blame on Walmart, and our state Supreme Court upheld that decision. -
West Virginia again lands on Watch List of annual Judicial Hellholes report
WASHINGTON – West Virginia again finds itself on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s annual Judicial Hellholes Watch List. -
State Supreme Court refuses to issue writ in case filed against Diocese over alleged sexual abuse by a priest
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has refused to issue a writ of prohibition to the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in a case filed against it by a man who says he was sexually abused by a former Northern Panhandle priest when he was a child. -
State Supreme Court affirms ruling in $16.9 million injury verdict against Walmart
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has affirmed a Wood Circuit Court judge’s ruling finding Walmart partly responsible for a woman’s injuries in a $16.9 million jury verdict. -
Hutchison asks how, when case regarding governor's residency will end
CHARLESTON – “How does this end?” That’s the question state Supreme Court Justice John Hutchison raises in his dissenting opinion of the majority’s November 20 decision to allow the case regarding the residency requirements for the governor to continue in Kanawha Circuit Court. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: New Family Court Judge to be sworn in Monday
Summersville Attorney Harley E. Stollings will be sworn in as a Family Court Judge in the Sixteenth Family Court Circuit (Clay and Nicholas Counties) at 8:45 a.m. Monday, November 30, in the Nicholas County Courthouse in Summersville. -
Justices say Lincoln Co. judge was right to allow AG to amend 17-year-old complaint about respirators, dust masks
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has ruled the state Attorney General’s office can file an amended complaint in a 2003 case involving faulty respirators and dust masks. -
Supreme Court says governor residency case can continue in Kanawha Circuit Court
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court says the case regarding the residency requirements for the governor can continue in Kanawha Circuit Court. -
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Justice Evan Jenkins to be Chief Justice in 2021, Justice John Hutchison to be Chief Justice in 2022
Justice Evan Jenkins will be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia beginning January 1, 2021.