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W.Va. judge tells companies to comply with AG's subpoenas
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. -
Former W.Va. Democratic Party chair sues over financing program
Callaghan CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The former chairman of the West Virginia Democratic Party is challenging the state's public campaign financing program. -
Question in case against MSHA certified to W.Va. SC
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. -
W.Va. SC: Primary beneficiaries can bring statutory bad faith claims
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. -
W.Va. high court sides with breakfast biscuit maker
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. -
W.Va. AG going after out-of-state title loan company again
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. -
W.Va. high court rules in another case over arbitration clauses
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. -
W.Va. SC backs off previous ruling over nursing home contracts
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. -
W.Va. SC says Fla. company should've paid prevailing wage
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. -
W.Va. SC says AG wrong to seek writ instead of direct appeal
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. -
W.Va. high court affirms $2M judgment against CSX
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. -
W.Va. SC reinstates wrongful death suit against rafting business
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. -
Aluminum company loses property tax appeal in W.Va. SC
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. -
W.Va. SC sides with city in suit over officer's disability benefits
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. -
W.Va. SC points to error by plaintiff's lawyers in suit's dismissal
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. -
W.Va. SC sides with circuit court in ruling over tax assessments
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. -
W.Va. SC rules for insurer in suit over car's pumpkin damage
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. -
W.Va. SC says court right not to remove juror in personal injury case
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. -
W.Va. SC upholds pay increase for region's DOH workers
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. -
W.Va. AG candidate wants to debate McGraw
Morrisey CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - For his first foray into campaigning, Patrick Morrisey is leaving no stone unturned.