News from March 2007
This Just In: Jefferson County
Feb. 12
Supreme Court breakout box for p1 jump
CHARLESTON -- The state Supreme Court of Appeals will hear arguments in the following cases Tuesday at the West Virginia University College of Law in Morgantown.
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.
Critics talking as McGraw hands out $375,000 more
McGraw CHARLESTON – Critics of Attorney General Darrell McGraw's distribution of lawsuit settlement funds are speaking up again after McGraw doled out $375,000 last week.
Damages in gas royalties suit might be trimmed
SPENCER – The judge in the $405 million Roane County class-action gas royalties suit might trim the punitive damages awarded in the case.
Banana Joe's doorman gets $1.5 million verdict
CHARLESTON - A former doorman at a Charleston nightclub who was shot in the head was awarded more than $1.5 million by a jury in Kanawha Circuit Court.
Standalone art for 3/12 issue: Third House fun
CHARLESTON -- As the Legislative session neared its end, members of the media covering the Capitol gathered for the annual Third House show at the Cultural Center.
Cohen's madness must stop
Jones CHARLESTON -- Stop the madness? The only madness is that Steve Cohen is still masquerading as the voice of the average West Virginia citizen while ranting in column after column about our judicial system being a "hellhole."
Court won't hear newspaper's appeal about school bus security tape
MORGANTOWN - The state Supreme Court has refused to allow a school bus security tape, showing an exchange between and special needs student and his aide, to be released to the public.
AG announced $176,000 vacuum settlement
CHARLESTON -- Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced Tuesday that a settlement agreement has been reached with IGIA Inc., a Delaware corporation that markets household products through infomercials and the Internet, using the name "As Seen on TV."
Justice to speak to American Pen Women
Benjamin CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin will speak to the Charleston chapter of the National League of American Pen Women at 10 a.m Saturday, March 10.
You can't tell the players without a scorecard
Cohen CHARLESTON -- It's that time of year again. There's the crack of the bat, the smack of the baseball in leather at Major League spring training camps, where branches of palm tress ever so gently sway, a filter for the comforting rays of sun. It is as sure a sign of spring as adjournment of the West Virginia Legislature.
Revercomb named new Kanawha prosecutor
CHARLESTON - Long-time assistant prosecuting attorney Stephen Revercomb was named Kanawha County's new prosecuting attorney on Wednesday afternoon.
Nicholas man blames injuries on company, employees
CHARLESTON - A Nicholas County man says negligence by a company and two of its employees caused him to be injured.
AG's Credit Car to visit Lewis County Senior Center
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's Credit Car will make a stop in Weston on March 14 at the Lewis County Senior Center.
McGraw asks federal court to allow Homestead Exemption from Medicaid estate recovery
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has asked the United States Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., to approve a proposed exemption that would allow homeowners to retain approximately $50,000 of their home against Medicaid's claims to recover the cost of their nursing home care.
Two women say they were victims of racism, sexism, wrongful firing
CHARLESTON - Two Kanawha County women say their former employer showed racial insensitivity and sexual harassment and then unlawfully fired them.
Supreme Court calendar for 3/12 issue
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals
Chief Justice attending national Summit on Children
Davis CHARLESTON -- State Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis is attending a National Judicial Leadership Summit on Children March 8-9 in New York as part of her work to improve the way West Virginia's judicial system handles abuse and neglect cases during the Year of the Child, Too.
Court reporter happy with Massey verdict, attorney says
Martin CHARLESTON – The Boone County court reporter who had been sued by Massey Energy is happy the energy giant's case against her was dismissed last week.