- Clarksburg Shooting, Police Search For Suspect
Story Created: Oct 31, 2008 at 6:17 PM EDT Story Updated: Nov 1, 2008 at 9:10 AM EDT Police are looking for a suspect in a shooting that happened around 4 p.m. Friday evening on River Road in Clarksburg.
- Albright to serve at least 15 years
A case that has tied up the justice system at the Boone County Courthouse for the past two years has finally come to a conclusion when, on Monday, Judge Will Thompson passed down sentencing on Clarence ...
- Court accepts fewer appeals
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The West Virginia Supreme Court is refusing to hear as many legal appeals as it has in the past, according to court statistics - and two Supreme Court candidates say that should change.
- Justice Albright's Illness Cancels Supreme Court Stop at Marshall University
Sept. 19, 2008 Justice Albright's Illness Cancels Supreme Court Stop at Marshall University Several Cases of Interest Rescheduled By Tony Rutherford Huntingtonnews.net Reporter Charleston, WV - Due to the ...
- Justices agree to hear 7-Eleven gas leak case
Four Jefferson County residents and a corporation claim their lawsuit aimed at recovering damages after an alleged gas leak at 7-Eleven should be heard in court.
- Couple files suit against Wood attorney for return of retainer
A Wood County attorney is named a small claim suit by two former clients who allege he failed to render legal services for which he was paid.
- First appeal request heard in controversial $381 million case
A Charleston attorney asked the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to allow landowners left out of a recent $381 million verdict against industrial giant DuPont back in.
- Albright announces leave from Supreme Court
Justice Joseph Albright announced today he would no longer perform his duties at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals for the current term because of health reasons.
- Obama speech symbolizes the arc of .....
The acceptance speech Thursday by Barack Obama symbolizes the arc of civil rights in America over the past three generations.
- Jamie Smith Joins Rockefeller Staff as Communications Director
Aug. 15, 2008 Jamie Smith Joins Rockefeller Staff as Communications Director By Huntingtonnews.net Staff Washington, DC -- Jamie Smith is the new communications director for Sen.
- Case that split judge, jury also splits Supreme Court
In a case that drove Raleigh County jurors and Circuit Judge Robert Burnside in opposite decisions, three Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals sided with the jury and two sided with the judge.
- Starcher Ready To Move...Rahall Gets Face Time With Bush
Starcher lived in Morgantown for years and served as a Monongalia County Circuit Judge before running successfully for the high court in 1996 and moving to Charleston .
- Workers' comp switch smooth so far, Cline says
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 ...
- State Supreme Court Decides Not to Hear Monongalia Co. Murder Appeal
The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will not hear the case of a convicted Monongalia County murderer.
- Attorney had prior notice of Monaco photos
"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
- Justices reverse ruling in woman's sexual assault case
"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
- Spring Celebrations Continue This W.....
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
- Supreme Court hears flood lawsuit arguments
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
- Albright says other Justices wrong on bar's sales tax case
"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
