West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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Quicken Loans taking fight to state Supreme Court
Emerson CHARLESTON -- The CEO of Quicken Loans Inc., the nation's largest online home lender, says a West Virginia circuit court judge's decision to award one of its former customers $2 million in punitive damages "made absolutely no sense." -
PERSONNEL FILE: Yurko named Kiwanian of the Year
Yurko BRIDGEPORT -– Steptoe & Johnson attorney, Richard "Dink" Yurko was recently presented with the A.S. "Buddy" Ammar Kiwanian of the Year award during the West Virginia District Kiwanis convention. -
Huntington attorney accused of phone sex with client's wife
CHARLESTON –- A Cabell County attorney faces disciplinary action by the state Supreme Court for his risque conversation with a client's wife. -
Martinsburg lawyer faces other disciplinary action
Santa Barbara CHARLESTON – In addition to a legal malpractice case, a Berkeley County attorney is answering to ethics charges he mishandled a client's case. -
Morgan. Co. man fights to keep state law libraries open
DeBlasio CHARLESTON – A Morgan County man is fighting to save the state's regional law libraries after the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals announced in May it would be closing them. -
Logan attorney accused of communication failure
CHARLESTON – A Logan County attorney faces disciplinary action for not only his failure to communicate with clients regarding their cases, but also with the subsequent ethics panel inquiry. -
Court orders two-year suspension for Putnam attorney
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has suspended a Putnam County attorney for failing to file an appeal in a personal injury suit, and complying with a court order he surrender his client files after abandoning his law practice. -
Supreme Court directs business court committee to proceed
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has taken a significant step towards creating a business court in the state. -
1986 ruling opened access to lawsuit settlements
McHugh CHARLESTON – In West Virginia, openness is the standard for lawsuit settlements involving government agencies thanks to 25-year-old state Supreme Court decision. -
Lawyer group applauds Supreme Court arbitration rulings
Farrell CHARLESTON -- A trial lawyers group says it commends the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for its recent decision in a set of cases stating that arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts were "unconscionable and unenforceable." -
Court allows fentanyl death case barred by statute in N.C. to proceed here
Workman CHARLESTON – Randy Mace can't sue Mylan drug companies over his wife's death in North Carolina, where he lives and she died, but he can sue them in West Virginia. -
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Justices deny injunction for Massey shareholders
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has denied a request by a group of Massey Energy Co. shareholders for an injunction in an $8.5 billion merger between the coal company and Alpha Natural Resources. -
Justices overrule Warren McGraw on venue issue
McGraw CHARLESTON – Circuit Judge Warren McGraw improperly exercised jurisdiction over a fee dispute between lawyers, the Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled. -
A fee waiver is just that, Court rules
CHARLESTON –- The state Supreme Court has made clear someone appealing a case from magistrate to circuit court is not required to pay the appeal fee if he or she has been granted a fee waiver. -
Court reprimands Jefferson Co. attorney for conflict in divorce case
CHARLESTON -– The state Supreme Court has disciplined an eastern Panhandle attorney for his conflict of interest in a domestic relations case. -
All five Justices off case involving Workman
Workman CHARLESTON – All five Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals have disqualified themselves from hearing a claim that a judge awarded an excessive fee to Justice Margaret Workman prior to her election. -
Fayette attorney suspended for involvement in client's domestic case
CHARLESTON –- A Fayette County attorney and former assistant prosecutor has been suspended for involving herself too intimately a former client's divorce and child custody case. -
Court: Grandparents' false allegations of abuse grounds for losing visitation
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has ruled a family court judge erred in not terminating an Elkview couple's visitation rights with their grandson after they falsely accused his adoptive father of abusing him. -
WVU College of Law introduces Child & Family Law Clinic
Vojdik MORGANTOWN -- The West Virginia University College of Law enhances its commitment to providing legal services to those who could not otherwise afford them with the formal introduction of its Child and Family Law clinic on April 8 in the Marlyn E. Lugar Courtroom at the WVU Law Center.