McGraw CHARLESTON, W. Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced on Friday that the Circuit Court of Kanawha County has ordered three payday lenders to appear in court to answer McGraw's allegations of contempt.
Callaghan CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The former chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party is challenging the state's public campaign financing program.
Judge John T. Copenhaver Jr. for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia RICHMOND, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A federal appeals court on Tuesday asked the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to determine whether claims by miners against private parties for negligent safety inspections should be dismissed for failure to state a claim.
McHugh CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled last week that a primary life insurance beneficiary may assert a statutory bad faith action after the death of the insured.
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling last week, said a circuit court should have set aside a default judgment against popular breakfast sandwich maker Tudor's Biscuit World.
McGraw MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw said Thursday his office has filed a lawsuit against a "predatory" out-of-state title loan company in Jefferson County Circuit Court.
Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals says a lower court erred in refusing to enforce an arbitration clause, compelling the owner of a Morgantown office building to settle its claims arising from a post-construction maintenance agreement.
Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed and remanded a set of lawsuits over arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts.
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals says the state's Division of Labor was "not clearly wrong" in determining that work done by an out-of-state company on a new state museum was subject to West Virginia's Prevailing Wage Act.
McGraw CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has denied a request by Attorney General Darrell McGraw for a writ of prohibition, seeking to stop the enforcement of a circuit court's order in a case against two title loan companies.
Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals this week upheld a $2 million judgment against CSX in a lawsuit over the company's hostile work environment.
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals this week reinstated a wrongful death lawsuit against a rafting company, its president and three river guides.
Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling last week, said state tax officials properly appraised Century Aluminum's inactive Ravenswood plant.
Chief Justice Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last week ruled against a former police officer in a case over his disability benefits.
Workman CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals this week shot down a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Charleston neurologist.
Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals last week agreed to set aside the decision of the state's Office of Tax Appeals against a packaged foods company over tax assessments.
West Virginia Chief Justice Menis Ketchum CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling Thursday, sided with an automobile insurer in a lawsuit brought by a driver who argued that the damage to his car was the result of Halloween hijinks and should've been covered.
McHugh CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling Wednesday, upheld a lower court's decision to dismiss a motion for a new trial in a lawsuit brought over a man's electrocution.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling last week, affirmed a circuit court order upholding a wage increase for Division of Highways employees in the state's Eastern Panhandle.