West Virginia Supreme Court
Recent News About West Virginia Supreme Court
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Jackson Hewitt says plaintiff had scheme to cheat on taxes
Chambers HUNTINGTON – Tax preparer Jackson Hewitt claims a Bailey & Glasser client who started a class action over refund anticipation loans obtained one in a scheme to cheat on her taxes. -
THEIR VIEW: Judicial system is hurting West Virginia
CHARLESTON -- Senate Bill 307 - legislation to establish an intermediate court of appeals in West Virginia - passed overwhelmingly in the State Senate this past legislative session. Gov. Tomblin supported this effort and encouraged passage of the bill. -
Court won't hear former Tax Department official's libel suit
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has let stand a lower court's decision dismissing a former Tax Department official's libel suit against a statewide news organization. -
Justices to decide if man should get denied medical benefits
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has to decide whether a man should receive medical payment benefits previously denied by a circuit court. -
N.C. man pleads his case to W.Va. Justices
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard arguments Wednesday on the reinstatement of a lawsuit filed by a North Carolina man against Mylan drug companies. -
Justices hear case about judge's pension
King CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals heard arguments Tuesday on a special judge's decision enforcing a divorce agreement in favor of Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King's former wife, Judith King. -
Justices to hear case involving judge's pension
King CHARLESTON – Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals must divide Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King's pension between his wife and his former wife. -
Ky. attorney's W. Va. license suspended for 30 days
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has concurred with Kentucky's high court in suspending an Ashland attorney's license for 30 days. -
*** Standalone p1 art for 3/14 issue: Justice at WVU
Baker Cup Winner Courtney Richardson and runner-up Wes Chancey pose with members of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals after the finals of their competition on March 8. The justices, from left, are Menis Ketchum, Robin Jean Davis, Chief Justice Margaret Workman, Brent Benjamin and Thomas McHugh. (Photo courtesy of WVU College of Law) -
Bill to fund Supreme Court elections still alive
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Senate Judiciary Committee has given the OK to a bill that would increase fees on court filings and lawyers to help fund state Supreme Court elections. -
Cleckley receives 2011 Liberty Bell Award
Cleckley MORGANTOWN -– The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia on Tuesday presented the 2011 Liberty Bell Award to former Justice Franklin D. Cleckley. -
Bill would increase fees, fund SupCo elections
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill that would increase fees on court filings and lawyers to help fund state Supreme Court elections. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Pollack appointed judge in Office of Tax Appeals
CHARLESTON -– Acting Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin has appointed A.M. "Fenway" Pollack to serve as the Chief Administrative Law Judge for the West Virginia Office of Tax Appeals. -
Justices expand on SSAC ruling
McHugh CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals says "there was no basis for the trial court's involvement" in the case of four South Charleston High School football players who were suspended following an on-the-field brawl last fall. -
Medical Legal Partnerships topic of WVU lecture
MORGANTOWN -- The West Virginia University College of Law presents Ellen Lawton, J.D., Executive Director of the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at Boston Medical Center & Boston University School of Medicine, who will speak at the John W. Fisher II Lecture in Law and Medicine in a talk titled, Addressing Health & Legal Disparities: the Medical-Legal Partnership Model at noon Feb. 23 -
Court ups suspension of Albright Jr. to one year
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has decided a Wood County attorney's misconduct warrants suspension not just for part of a year, but a full year. -
Computer hacking attorney readmitted to Bar
M. Markins CHARLESTON – After a hiatus of two and a half years, a Charleston attorney suspended for computer hacking has been readmitted to the state Bar. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Two partners join Dinsmore & Shohl's Wheeling office
Harman WHEELING -- Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce that Anne Harman and Christopher Riley have joined the firm as partners. -
Court sets interest rate on judgments and decrees in 2011
CHARLESTON -– The Administrative Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has set the interest rate at 7 percent for judgments and decrees entered during the 2011 calendar year. -
Court disbars former Charleston attorney
CHARLESTON – For engaging in a repeated pattern of deception to his clients, his colleagues and himself, the state Supreme Court has disbarred a former Charleston attorney.