News from April 2009
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April 2
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April 1
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March 17
THIS JUST IN: Wayne County
March 4
Suit over dog moved to circuit court
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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
Argument Docket
Magistrate bill withers in committee
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'
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
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
McHugh CHARLESTON -- Thomas McHugh officially returned Wednesday to the state Supreme Court of Appeals.