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With a late lift from the Supreme Court of Appeals, West Virginia soared into a new age of competition in workers' compensation insurance on July 1. The Justices eased the transition to a free market in May ...

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will not hear the case of a convicted Monongalia County murderer.

“We have an even bigger problem.”

A Princeton attorney said he was told in advance that photos showing state Supreme Court Chief Justice Spike Maynard and Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship together in Monaco would become public as part of a ... via The West Virginia Record

“It is a reasonably close case and the Supreme Court may in fact see it differently.”

Former Mercer County prosecutor William Sadler didn't tell jurors that sexual assault defendant Mindy Keesecker kept silence during her trial, but he implied it and for that the West Virginia Supreme Court of ... via The West Virginia Record

With warm sunny days - ' and still others filled with showers - ' it seems that nature is springing back to life in the Mountain State. via The Inter-Mountain

Lawsuits seeking damages from timber, mining and land companies for devastating 2001 floods should be revived, lawyers representing hundreds of southern West Virginia residents told the state Supreme Court. via Charleston Daily Mail

“The factual circumstances in the instant case all but demand a ruling that Mr. Schmehl should not be held personally liable”

Justice Joseph Albright of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals can't believe his colleagues held bookkeeper Barry Schmehl personally liable for a bar's unpaid sales taxes. via The West Virginia Record

“While the language cited by the appellees arguably implies that costs and fees are included in the offers, it does not state it explicitly”

Erie Insurance attorneys thought they covered the other side's legal fees when they settled three sexual harassment claims against a bar in Wheeling, but the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled ... via The West Virginia Record

“They concede that these actions didn't arise here.”

Every American enjoys a constitutional right to sue any other American in a West Virginia court, according to a Pittsburgh attorney who represents about 1,000 residents of other states demanding access to West ... via The West Virginia Record

The West Virginia Supreme Court has, for the second time ruled that Massey Energy does not have to pay Huge Caperton $76 million in a contract dispute. via West Virginia Metro

“Our decision is certainly not to be viewed as a license for sheriffs to challenge every decision of this nature that county commissions make”

West Virginia sheriffs don't have to sign every check that county commissioners order them to sign, the Supreme Court of Appeals ruled March 14. via The West Virginia Record

“You missed the chapter on West Virginia.”

West Virginia University law student David Stackpole succeeded in trimming a few years off a fictitious mobster's manslaughter sentence, earning the law school's annual Baker Cup moot court competition. via The West Virginia Record

“No one likes taxes, but frankly the citizens of Parkersburg get a pretty good deal. We will continue to provide that as long as we can.”

'A request for a tariff increase by the area landfill could cause a rate jump for city residents. via Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

On Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, The West Virginia Record printed a story by Lawrence Smith wich indicated that Clarksburg attorney David J. Romano currently was a party in a pending case before the West Virginia ... via The West Virginia Record

State Supreme Court Justice Joseph P. Albright spoke Feb. 8 to the West Virginia Association for Justice, a group of attorneys holding its mid-winter meeting at the Charleston Marriott. via The West Virginia Record

' A number of events are scheduled in the Parkersburg area beginning today in honor of Dr. via Parkersburg News & Parkersburg Sentinel

“He knew crimes were happening. He was doing what he felt was right.”

Mingo County Sheriff Lonnie Hannah and the county commission have fought over $147,000 in flood cleanup charges almost from the day Hannah took office, and now the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals must ... via The West Virginia Record

A Kanawha County judge was "plainly right'' when he blocked West Virginia's bid to merge its two teacher pension programs, a divided state Supreme Court ruled Thursday. via Charleston Gazette

“By baiting emotions, the dissents adopt a 'political voice' rather than a 'judicial voice.' "Resorts to emotions and sensationalism generally betray the lack of a cogent legal basis for one's criticism.”

Chief Justice Spike Maynard had been the only member of the state Supreme Court of Appeals not to stand out in a $76 million case against Massey Energy and its CEO, Don Blankenship. via The West Virginia Record

“I don't think it's their money. What they have is a property right, that is a right to a stream of income upon retirement and meeting the conditions of the retirement system.”

The State Supreme Court seems willing to hear full arguments in a case involving the retirement plans for teachers in West Virginia. via West Virginia Metro