Starcher CHARLESTON, W. Va. - West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher has again refused to step down from a pending case Friday, filing his second response to motions submitted by an airline company.
Egnor CHARLESTON, W. Va. - A retired judge wants to sell his home, but he says the state Real Estate Commission and even West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office are working to keep him from doing so.
Frank CHARLESTON, W. Va. - When a state's legal reputation is so poor that it is widely regarded as the worst in which to do business, it is normally pretty hard to shock the legal community.
Davis CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Drug companies cannot escape liability for harmful prescriptions in West Virginia by laying all responsibility on doctors, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday.
Justice Brent Benjamin was the lone dissenter CHARLESTON, W. Va. - During a juror examination in 2005, Dr. Edward Polack was asked why he wrote that he had a bias against personal injury attorneys.
Davis CHARLESTON, W. Va. - The West Virginia Supreme Court on Monday gave a plaintiff's medical expert a second chance to make a first impression, while a dissenting Chief Justice Robin Davis says the decision made bad law.
Carper CHARLESTON, W. Va. - It's hard to tell if it's the attorney or county commission member in Kent Carper talking when he's asked about the constitutional challenge to the state's new table games law.
Maynard CHARLESTON, W. Va. - Justice Spike Maynard of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals warns that a recent Court decision will encourage attorneys to entangle themselves in businesses they represent.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. - The trial lawyers who appear before the West Virginia Supreme Court, as well as the rest of the other state courts, will be calling themselves something different from now on.
RICHMOND - A recent Virginia Supreme Court opinion ruled against Allstate's claim that it should not have to pay a policyholder who sunk his own boat when he used a rake handle as a plug to substitute for closing a valve.
Maynard CHARLESTON, W.Va. - A recent opinion by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will help avoid future attempts at collusion by plaintiffs and insured parties, an attorney involved in the case said Monday.
McGraw CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear an appeal of an order involving the use of private counsel as Special Assistant Attorneys General.
West Virginia Court of Appeals CHARLESTON, WV--Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals have laid down a simple rule for judges choosing jurors: When in doubt, throw them out.
West Virginia Court of Appeals CHARLESTON, WV--Where a partnership owns property the partners themselves own nothing, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has declared.
West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw CHARLESTON, WV--Attorney General Darrell McGraw wants the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to declare that police can secretly tape citizens in their homes.