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News from April 2009


THIS JUST IN: Cabell County

By Drew Smith |
March 23

THIS JUST IN: Wood County

By Lawrence Smith |
March 30

THIS JUST IN: Monongalia County

By Donna Kisner |
April 2

THIS JUST IN: Jackson County

By Lawrence Smith |
April 1

THIS JUST IN: Berkeley County

By Beth Henry |
March 17

THIS JUST IN: Wayne County

By Drew Smith |
March 4

Suit over dog moved to circuit court

By Justin Anderson |
CHARLESTON – A civil suit filed in Kanawha magistrate court over an allegedly stolen dog has been moved to circuit court.

Justices uphold $1M punitives in Boone firing case

By Steve Korris |
Davis CHARLESTON – Employers can spy on workers with suspicious injury claims but employers who fire those workers should prepare to pay a million dollars, according to a March 27 decision from the state Supreme Court of Appeals.

Man says he was injured by stray concrete-mixer chute

By Justin Anderson |
MARTINSBURG – A Falling Waters man says a concrete-mixer truck driver was negligent after he was knocked off a wall by the chute on the truck.

Couple sues over malfunctioning van

By Justin Anderson |
CHARLESTON – An Alum Creek couple is suing a Boone County used car dealer, saying they were fooled into buying a lemon of a van.

THEIR VIEW: Merit selection for judges? Not so fast

By The West Virginia Record |
We often have a low opinion, and therefore only a modest expectation, of our politicians, but what happens when the politicians are judges or judicial candidates?

Court upholds Berkeley assessor's valuation

By Steve Korris |
CHARLESTON – Turning a Berkeley County farm into an organic farming community lifted the value of an acre from $128 to $192,000, and the county gets to keep two years of the boost in property taxes.

ALL THINGS JURY: Does popular culture impact juries?

By R. Robert Samples |
CHARLESTON -- In previous columns I have described factors that influence jurors. These factors have included group dynamics whereby people influence each other and individual lifestyle and values that affect juror opinions.

PERSONNEL FILE: Entsminger joins Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso

By The West Virginia Record |
Entsminger CHARLESTON -- Kurt E. Entsminger has joined the law firm of Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso as Of Counsel in the firm's Charleston office.

Developers want Putnam assessment blocked

By Justin Anderson |
This building at Putnam Village used to house an Ames Department Store and, before that, a Hill's Department Store. (Photos by Chris Dickerson) WINFIELD – A development company wants a judge to review the tax assessments on two long-vacant commercial buildings in Teays Valley, arguing that neither has much value.

*** SupCo calendar for 4/13 issue

By The West Virginia Record |
Argument Docket

Magistrate bill withers in committee

By Justin Anderson |
Canterbury CHARLESTON – A bill proponents believed would bring more focus to magistrate elections failed to emerge from the House Judiciary Committee, rendering the bill dead for the session.

McHugh vows to avoid 'double dipping'

By Chris Dickerson |
McHugh CHARLESTON -- Many people have called state Supreme Court Justice Thomas McHugh an honorable and fair man. And one act might prove that as much as any ruling he's ever made or any opinion he's ever written.

Leaders, colleagues heap praise on McHugh

By Chris Dickerson |
Manchin CHARLESTON – When it came time for Gov. Joe Manchin to appoint someone to the state Supreme Court, he said he never thought the mission would be so easy.

McHugh to fill Court vacancy

By Chris Dickerson |
McHugh CHARLESTON -- Thomas McHugh officially returned Wednesday to the state Supreme Court of Appeals.