Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Decisions 2018

Opinions 1 - 500 of 789

State of West Virginia v. Delbert D. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0030
Yasser Abdelhaq v. Ralph Terry, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0078
State of West Virginia v. Nicholas Clinton Hess (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Numbers: 17-0168, 17-1069
Clarke Patterson v. Ralph Terry, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0336
Christopher L. Palmer v. R.S. Mutter, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0397
Edgar W. Friedrichs, Jr. v. Ralph Terry, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0410
Cathy McGee v. Amedisys West Virginia, LLC, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0661
State of West Virginia v. Michael Bowman (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0698
State of West Virginia v. Matthew Gates (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0905
State of West Virginia v. Ronald Steven Carson Jr. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0951
Nicole L. Kees v. J.D. Sallaz, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1111
Robert Edward Reed v. Jance Ann Reed Collins, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0009
Juanita Sanders v. William Brown (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0017
State of West Virginia v. Michael Newsome (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0044
State of West Virginia v. Michael H. Kandis (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0055
In re S.J., A.J.-1, and A.J.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0243
In re K.B. and J.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0255
In re C.B. and A.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0324
In re K.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0443
In re A.M. and X.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0494
In re R.A. and A.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0503
In re E.N., S.S., and J.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0525
In re R.O. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0527
In re T.M. and K.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0537
In re S.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0557
In re C.J., X.J., and J.J.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0560
In re B.G., L.G., and T.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0561
In re G.B., M.B.-1, M.B.-2, and J.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0577
In re M.H. and B.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0578
In re G.F. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0581
In re A.G.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0583
In re K.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0599
In re L.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0603
In re H.C. and G.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0620
In re M.B. and X.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0621
In re M.M., G.M., and J.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0629
In re G.F. and T.F. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0630
In re D.M., I.M., K.M., and H.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0632
In re P.W., E.W., A.W., and K.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0635
In re J.B. and M.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0652
In re R.P.-1, R.P.-2, D.P., and L.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0658
In re A.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0662
In re J.M.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0663
In re H.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0681
In re K.S.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0685
In re A.S.-1, C.S., X.S., B.S., and K.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0692
In re T.L., J.L., and B.J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0695
In re E.O. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0697
In re J.S.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0706
In re L.S. and S.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0707
In re F.C., M.C.-1, K.C., and W.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0757
State of West Virginia v. Daniel M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0714
State of West Virginia v. Alfreda Steele (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0755
R.D. and K.D. v. WV Department of Health and Human Resources, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1087
In re J.P. and A.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0171
In re R.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0352
In re J.T. and K.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0353
In re R.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0354
In re S.B. and L.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0373
Murray American Energy, Inc. v. Michael Keller (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0374
In re B.S. and A.D. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0421
In re M.U. and D.U. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0422
In re B.S. and S.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0423
In re D.F. and J.F. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0454
In re A.T. and A.T. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0455
Adam Q. Farley v. Appalachian Aggregates, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0474
In re E.V., S.V., and J.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0475
In re L.A., H.A., and H.A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0490
In re K.W. and S.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0491
In re D.R. and R.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0496
In re J.R.-S., M.R.-S, and T.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0501
In re H.H., D.B., and P.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0504
In re B.R., T.R. and T.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0520
In re Z.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0524
In re N.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0526
In re Z.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0530
In re T.H., A.H., B.P., and A.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0536
WV Manufacturing v. Danny Arthur (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0542
In re D.J., G.J., and P.J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0553
In re M.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0556
In re S.H. and E.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0558
In re J.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0559
In re C.H. and A.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0573
In re C.A., Z.A., S.A., L.A., and L.A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0580
In re C.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0590
In re J.P. and J.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0591
In re B.S., J.S. and G.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0600
In re J.H. and C.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0618
In re C.C. and L.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0634
In re D.K. and N.K. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0646
In re A.B., S.B., and T.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0656
In re J.R.-S, M.R.-S, and T.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0671
Steve Wayne Bailey v. Ralph Terry, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0522
State of West Virginia v. Michael Joseph Stines (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0537
State of West Virginia v. Sonja Bone and Monty Bone (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Numbers: 17-0754, 17-0801
William Grant, Ramona Grant, et al. v. Kelly Paving, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0863
Bryan H. v. Kersten H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0887
State of West Virginia v. Charles B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0904
Ernest G. Ours v. Felicisima Ours (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0908
Ronald E. Lambert Jr. v. Ralph Terry, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0925
Lindsey Skidmore v. City of Summersville, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0943
Subhash Supta Christina Campbell, Administratrix (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0944
Mary Weber v. Terry Linn (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0969
State of West Virginia v. Jared Green (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0985
Nick R. v. Ralph Terry, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0996
State of West Virginia v. Jamie Ray Criser (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0997
Ralph Unis, Joan Unis, et al. v. Ronald J. Cross (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1000
William J. v. Marilyn J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1013
David McDaniel v. Constellium Rolled Products, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1033
Amanda O'Dell v. Sanitary Board of the City of Charleston, etc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1076
Connor Tyree v. Pamela Bell (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1077
Kathy McCullough v. Steve McCullough, Executor (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1084
Wayne L. Evans, Executor v. Bluefield Hospital Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1090
State of West Virginia v. Daniel J. Tabor (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1096
Deborah Yost VanDervort v. W. Va. Public Service Comm. and Matthew J. Minney (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0037
Matthew J. Minney v. Deborah Yost VanDervort and W. Va. Public Service Comm. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0071
John Vincent Pratt v. Freedom Bancshares, Inc., etc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0180
In re K.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0282
Murray American Energy, Inc. v. Michael Keller (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0374
Adam Q. Farley v. Appalachian Aggregates, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0474
WV Manufacturing v. Danny Arthur (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 16, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0542
State ex rel. Franklin v. Honorable R. Craig Tatterson (Signed Opinion)  
Date: November 13, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0218

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted the writ of prohibition sought by Petitioner, the prosecuting attorney of Jackson County, to prohibit the Circuit Court of Jackson County from enforcing its order suppressing all evidence of…

State v. Back (Signed Opinion)  
Date: November 9, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0466

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court sentencing Defendant to a term of incarceration of one to three years for his conviction of threatening to commit a terrorist act, holding that there was no error…

Musick v. University Park at Evansdale, LLC (Signed Opinion)  
Date: November 8, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0309

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court in this dispute between the Assessor of Monongalia County, Mark Musick, and University Park at Evansdale, LLC (UPE) regarding an assessment valuing UPE’s…

State v. Wasanyi (Signed Opinion)  
Date: November 5, 2018
 Docket Numbers: 16-1009, 17-0020

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Petitioner’s convictions of multiple felony counts of unlawful delivery of a controlled substance, holding that there was no merit to Petitioner’s assignments of error. On appeal, Petitioner…

State of West Virginia v. Derrick William Adamson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0099
State of West Virginia v. Daniel Baumgardner (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0395
State of West Virginia v. Charles T. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0467
Pool v. Greater Harrison County Public Service District (Signed Opinion)  
Date: November 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0280

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the West Virginia Public Service Commission (PSC) finding that it did not have statutory jurisdiction to consider Petitioner’s complaint challenging the Greater Harrison County…

SER City of Bridgeport v. Hon. Christopher J. McCarthy, Judge (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0457
State of West Virginia v. Michelle Ann Kitchen (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0607
Lewis v. Municipality of Masontown, W. Va. (Signed Opinion)  
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0618

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s denial of Petitioner’s petition for writ of prohibition seeking to prohibit the municipal court's prosecution of him, holding that the prosecution of Petitioner pursuant to…

Stephen G. Endicott, Administrator v. City of Oak Hill, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0765
Lester Pennington Jr. v. W.Va. Ofc. of Ins. Comm./Mountaineer Coal Co. etc. (Separate)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Numbers: 17-1060, 17-1061, 17-1063, 17-1123
Pennington v. W.Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner (Signed Opinion)  
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Numbers: 17-1060, 17-1061, 17-1063, 17-1123

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the Board of Review in these consolidated workers’ compensation cases, holding that the four claimants’ applications for occupational pneumoconiosis (OP) benefits were properly…

Paul Harrison v. City of Charleston (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0303
Michael Makris v. City of Wheeling (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0358
Mary R. Karopchinsky v. Telatlantic Communications (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0369
Charles E. Ryan v. W. Va. Ofc. of Ins.Comm./Centre Foundry & Machine (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0376
Daniel Swope v. Quad Graphics, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0378
Renee Willis v. WV Parkways Econ Development & Tourism Authority (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0379
Steven W. Scott v. WQ Watters Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0392
Brian S. Wise v. Murray American Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0393
W. Va. Ofc. of Ins. Comm. in its Capacity as Administrator v. Nancy J. Cost and RG Steel Wheeling (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0394
Violet L. Hope v. Cabell Huntington Hospital, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0395
Marvin Leeson v. Murray American Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0403
Ronald J. Halley v. Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0405
Kevin Ball v. West Fork Coal, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0432
Richard A. Basham v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0436
Dianne C. Fazio v. Central Printing Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0439
Jeremy Bower V. Spartan Mining Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0440
Kroger Limited Partnership I v. Debbie Winters (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0447
Wal-Mart Associates v. Richard A. Basham (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0466
Samuel Loria v. Matthews Lubricants, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0467
Virgil Steele III v. Arcelormittal USA (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0468
Donald Mack v. Homer Laughlin China Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0469
Jack Reese Jr. v. Homer Laughlin China Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0470
Deborah A. Barnette v. Constellium Rolled Products (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0471
Kevin W. Lacy v. Lightning Contract Services, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0472
Jeffrey Frazier v. Mato Corporation (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0473
Kevin Sprouse v. Murray American Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0486
Pat A. Mezzanotte v. W. Va. Ofc. of Ins. Comm./Eastern Associated Coal (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0487
Preston H. Lanham v. United Coal Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0538
Ronnie Hamilton v. Pinnacle Mining Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0540
Lillie M. Evans v. Wendbeck Corporation (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0572
Jefferson County Citizens for Economic Preservation v. Public Service Commission of West Virginia (Signed Opinion)  
Date: November 2, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0659

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the Public Service Commission finding that the Jefferson County Public Service District may “indefinitely delay” a project to upgrade its sewer service, holding that the Commission…

Ohio Valley Jobs Alliance, et al. v. Public Service Commission of West Virginia, etc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 1, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0249
Atlantic Credit & Finance v. Courtney R. Stacy, etc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 26, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0615
State of West Virginia v. James Marshall Green (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0611
State of West Virginia v. Barbara Jane Miller (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0837
State of West Virginia v. Robert John Younkins II (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0962
Paul Jackson v. Karen Pszczolkowski, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0998
State of West Virginia v. Brian Elisha Ballard (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1008
State of West Virginia v. Johnny N. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1024
State of West Virginia v. Jennifer Ruth Leeson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1049
In re A.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1065
State of West Virginia v. Kristina Marie Speiden (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1068
In re Adoption of I.J.E. and T.M.E. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1133
In re A.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0254
In re K.C., K.T.-G., K.T., K.G.-1, and K.G.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0326
In re R.H.-1, W.H., and A.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0350
In re K.C., K.T.-G., K.T., K.G.-1, and K.G.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0361
In re P.B., N.B., and A.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0364
In re D.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0366
In re P.B., N.B., and A.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0398
In re K.B., E.B., and L.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0401
In re O.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0402
In re C.W., T.W., A.W., and J.W.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0414
In re C.K.-1, J.K., K.K.-1, K.K.-2, and W.K. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0415
In re C.W., T.W., A.W., and J.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0416
In re O.S. and D.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0431
In re A.P.-1, A.P.-2, A.P.-3, and A.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0444
In re S.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0452
In re J.B. and S.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0482
In re P.H., L.J., and A.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0483
SER Joey K. Jeffery v. Ralph Terry, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0216
Terry DiBacco v. City of Weirton, W. Va., et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0535
State of West Virginia v. Kenneth Ray Buskirk (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0229
State of West Virginia v. Larry E. Scott (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0526
State of West Virginia v. Phillip Harvey Wise (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0610
State of West Virginia v. Phillip Andrew Baughman Jr. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0632
State of West Virginia v. Crystal Samples (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0667
In re The Marriage and Children of J.B. and J.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0689
State of West Virginia v. Dion S. Hite (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0757
State of West Virginia v. Eyvonne Alexandria Thompson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0766
Gary W. Jeffrey v. R.S. Mutter, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0792
Patricia S. Reed, Comm., W. Va. Dept. of Motor Vehicles v. Brett A. Lemley (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0797
Dorothy Manning, et al. v. Don Meadows, Sheriff (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0798
State of West Virginia v. Clayton Thomas Pruitt (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0802
State of West Virginia v. Antwyn D. Gibbs (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0854
State of West Virginia v. Michael A. Brown, Jr. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0911
State of West Virginia v. Larry Vernon Hoke (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0912
State of West Virginia v. Richard Winning (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0921
In re D.H.-1 and M.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0953
State of West Virginia v. Brandon E. Fleece (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0981
State of West Virginia v. Jamie Lee Delane (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0999
In re H.G., J.M., T.K., A.K., B.K., and A.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1131
In re M.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0198
In re B.W.-1, B.W.-2, M.M.-1, M.M.-2, L.L.-1, and L.L.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0199
In re A.C. and L.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0219
In re L.L.-1, L.L.-2, and S.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0222
In re I.L., J.L., K.L.-1, R.L. and K.L.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0234
In re R.S. and L.A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0236
In re A.C. and L.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0241
In re H.H. and J.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0245
In re R.H., K.H. and B.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0251
In re J.Y. and M.Y. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0252
In re L.D. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0253
In re J.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0256
In re J.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0257
In re S.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0258
In re C.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0259
In re A.B., E.B., and N.B.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0260
In re J.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0261
In re B.M. and C.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0266
In re C.E. and B.T. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0270
In re S.J., A.J.-1, and A.J.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0272
In re K.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0285
In re C.M., A.W., and N.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0290
In re B.R and C.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0292
In re A.J. and Z.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0298
In re G.P., L.W., B.P., and J.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0314
In re T.S and B.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0319
In re M.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0325
In re B.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0338
In re O.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0360
In re R.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0362
In re A.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0372
In re S.W., S.T., and D.W.-B (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0396
State ex rel. Workman v. Carmichael (Signed Opinion)  
Date: October 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0816

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted the writ of prohibition sought by Petitioner, the Honorable Margaret L. Workman, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, and halted the impeachment proceedings against…

SER Margaret L. Workman v. Mitch Carmichael, as President of the Senate, et al. (Separate)
Date: October 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0816
Brenna K. and Benjamin J. Mitchell v. Bradford H. Mitchell, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 10, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0556
Charles N. Brannon v. Karen Pszczolkowski, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 10, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0629
State of West Virginia v. R.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 10, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0646
John Chadrick Yost v. Ralph Terry, Superintendent (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 10, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0728
Ronald Kimberling, et al. v. Windstream Communications, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 10, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0763
Ralph Terry, Superintendent v. J.D. Lambert (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 10, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0788
State of West Virginia v. Ashley M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 10, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0988
State ex rel. Blankenship v. Warner (Signed Opinion)  
Date: October 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0712

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the writ sought by Petitioners requesting the issuance of a writ of mandamus directing Respondent, the West Virginia Secretary of State, to list Donald Blankenship as a candidate for the United…

SER Donald L Blankenship, etc. v. Mac Warner, W. Va. Secretary of State (Order)
Date: August 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0712
Murray American Energy v. Carey Fitzwater (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0120
Melissa Webb v. Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0188
Gerald Webster v. West Virginia Memorial Gardens (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0201
The L.E. Myers Company v. Joel A. Behnken (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0269
Charles Mullins v. Brooks Run South Mining, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0276
Kathleen G. Mahoney v. Armstrong Flooring (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0277
Jack Clay v. Chojnacki Construction (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0278
William E. Lucas v. Kroger Limited Partnership I (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0279
Michael L. Gabbard v. Ashland Performance Materials (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0299
Kevin S. Goff v. WV Division of Natural Resources (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0320
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. v. Matthew Brown (Memorandum Decision)
Date: July 20, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0347
State ex rel. C.H. v. Honorable Laura V. Faircloth (Signed Opinion)  
Date: July 6, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0485

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted the writ of prohibition sought by Foster Parents and remanded this case with directions to the circuit court to vacate its order granting Biological Parents post-dispositional improvement…

Norma Jean (Blevins) Marshall v. Leonard Stiltner and James (Boomy) Stiltner; Mary Johnson Sada and Walter Johnson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0048
Gary D. Martin v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0116
Joshua Lee Slater v. Michael Martin, Warden, Huttonsville Correctional Center (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0491
Andre J. Portee v. City of Mount Hope (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0546
Jill C. Barber v. Camden Clark Memorial Hospital Corp. (Separate)
Date: June 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0643
James C. Weimer v. Public Service Commission of W.Va. and Robert Weiford (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0668
SER A.D., M.D., and D.D. v. Hon. Jack Alsop, Judge (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0489
State of West Virginia v. Brenda Jeffrey (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 18, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0365
State of West Virginia v. Carlos A. Tilley (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0155
State of West Virginia v. Wilfred H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0170
State of West Virginia v. Brenda Jeffrey (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0365
Terry Allen Blevins v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0418
SER W. Va. Board of Examiners for Speech-Language v. Elissa G. Lindsay (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0555
State of West Virginia v. Alexander Hicks (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0588
State of West Virginia v. Rafael D. Zuniga (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0624
State of West Virginia v. Stephen H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0677
State of West Virginia v. Jeffrey A. Hazlett (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0711
State of West Virginia v. Jordan Goard (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0712
Jeffrey J. Corra v. Pat Reed, Comm. W. Va. Div. of Motor Vehicles (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0732
In re Grandparent Visitation of: Siddy W. v. Gary and Darlene T. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0858
In re V.B. and J.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0098
In re L.S.-1, L.S.-2, and L.S.-3 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0103
In re V.B. and J.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0119
In re N.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0143
In re N.M., I.M., E.M.-1, K.G. and E.M.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0148
In re D.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0158
In re D.P.-1, J.P.-1, J.P.-2, and D.P.-2. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0170
In re A.D. and K.D. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0175
In re H.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0193
In re J.P.-1, and J.P.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0194
In re T.C., D.C., and E.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0195
In re A.E.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0220
In re K.E., C.E., and O.E. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0221
In re S.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0223
In re E.T.-1 and E.T.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0237
In re E.E., M.M., and K.A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0240
In re P.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0267
In re O.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0268
McInarnay v. Hall (Signed Opinion)  
Date: June 12, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0086

Justia Opinion Summary: In this property dispute, the Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court setting aside the jury’s verdict in favor of Defendants for insufficient evidence and granting Plaintiff a new trial, holding that the…

State of West Virginia v. Jimmy Dean Mullins (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0391
State of West Virginia v. Jeffery Scott Ward II (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0402
State of West Virginia v. Mark Shane Adkins (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0487
State of West Virginia v. Howard Clarence Jenner (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0488
State of West Virginia v. Elan Bell-Veney (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0606
State of West Virginia v. Paul Gregory Zuspan (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0723
In re A.P.-1 and C.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1021
In re A.P. and C.P.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1129
In re A.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1135
In re A.C., R.C., D.K., and R.K. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0029
In re D.H.-1, and H.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0032
In re R.J.-1, M.J., and T.J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0047
In re K.P., W.P., and A.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0048
In re R.J.-1, M.J., and T.J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0078
In re J.F and T.F. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0082
In re C.C.-1, K.C., M.C., D.C., and C.C.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0090
In re J.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0091
In re C.C.-1, K.C., M.C., D.C., and C.C.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0096
In re D.P.-1, M.P., and D.P.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0099
In re D.P.-1, M.P., and D.P.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0100
In re I.B., J.B., R.M, and A.J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0114
In re T.L.-1, M.L., A.L.-1 and A.L.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0115
In re B.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0127
In re C.J., and J.K. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0154
In re B.H.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0174
Stephen F. DuBois v. James B. Nutter & Company, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2018
 Docket Number: 15-1099
Landrum R. v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2018
 Docket Number: 16-1095
Jack J. v. Karen Pszczolkowski, Warden (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0014
Jeffrey L. Finley v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0084
In Re: Bryan M. Atterson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0506
Jason C. Anderson v. Karen Pszczolkowski, Warden (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0568
State of West Virginia v. J.C.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0655
Alan Reed Talbott v. John David Talbott (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0832
Regina Griffith Olmstead, Administratrix v. Jose Jorge Gordinho (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0833
Burke v. Wetzel County Commission (Signed Opinion)  
Date: June 6, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0485

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court’s dismissal of Plaintiff’s complaint claiming wrongful discharge against the Wetzel County Commission and the Wetzel County Assessor on the basis that the Assessor was…

Edward Reed v. Exel Logistics, Inc. (Separate)
Date: June 6, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0864
Reed v. Exel Logistics, Inc. (Signed Opinion)  
Date: June 6, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0864

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review concluding that Employer could reclaim temporary total disability benefits it paid to a claimant for an extra 156 days beyond the date…

Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. David S. Hart (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 5, 2018
 Docket Numbers: 15-0589, 16-0992, 17-0502
In Re: Petition for Reinstatement of L. Dante diTrapano (Separate)
Date: June 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 16-0869
In Re: Petition for Reinstatement of L. Dante diTrapano (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 16-0869
W. Va. Investment Management Board v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance (Separate)
Date: June 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0486
W. Va. Investment Management Board v. Variable Annuity Life Insurance Co. (Signed Opinion)  
Date: June 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0486

Justia Opinion Summary: In this long-running contractual dispute between Petitioners, the West Virginia Investment Management Board (IMB) and the West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board (CPRB) and Respondent, The Variable Annuity…

Admiral Insurance Co. v. Philip Fisher, D.O. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 5, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0671
In re I.M.K. (Signed Opinion)  
Date: June 4, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0989

Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this proceeding was whether, when an infant who is born alive but dies during the pendency of an abuse and neglect proceeding and the infant is the only child in the home, the matter may proceed to an…

Moran v. Rosciti Construction Co., LLC (Signed Opinion)  
Date: June 4, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0993

Justia Opinion Summary: Workers’ compensation dependents’ death benefits awarded under West Virginia law are payable as long as the benefits awarded under the laws of another state for the same injury remain suspended due to a related…

SER Scott R. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney v. Hon. David J. Sims, Judge (Separate)
Date: June 4, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0034
State v. Blacka (Signed Opinion)  
Date: June 1, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0208

Justia Opinion Summary: The State breached its plea agreement with Petitioner by failing to remain silent at sentencing. Pursuant to the plea agreement, the State agreed to remain silent at sentencing. During the sentencing hearing, however,…

Jill C. Barber v. Camden Clark Memorial Hospital Corp. (Separate)
Date: May 31, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0643
Barber v. Camden Clark Memorial Hospital Corp. (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 31, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0643

Justia Opinion Summary: A hospital’s compliance with the Medical Records Act (Act), W. Va. Code 57-5-4a to -4j, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) when responding to a subpoena for a patient’s records does not…

Mateo Cortez and the Estate of Doborah Cortez v. Linda Murray, Sucessor Trustee and Connie Lou Keith Barry, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 31, 2018
 Docket Numbers: 17-0662, 17-0942
AMFM, LLC; Commercial Holdings, LLC, et al. v. Kimberly Shanklin (Separate)
Date: May 30, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0096
AMFM, LLC v. Shanklin (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 30, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0096

Justia Opinion Summary: A durable power of attorney (DPOA) provided an adult daughter with the authority to enter into an arbitration agreement with a nursing home on her mother’s behalf. Lena Nelson executed a DPOA that named her son as her…

Arch Coal, Inc. v. Lemon (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 30, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0152

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court upheld the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review’s finding that, based on the preponderance of the evidence, Jimmie Lemon’s injury was work related. Jimmie Lemon filed a workers’ compensation claim…

BB&T v. William A. Whipple (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 30, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0995
State ex rel. H.S. v. Honorable J.D. Beane (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 30, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0208

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted the writ of prohibition sought by Petitioners, the foster and designated preadoptive parents of the minor child T.C., to prevent the enforcement of an order of the circuit court granting…

BB&T v. William A. Whipple (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0995
Thomas Carpenter v. GMS Mine Repair and Maintenance (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0111
CCBCC, Inc. v. Kendal T. Creppel (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0153
Elaine Squire v. Augmentation, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0163
Murray American Energy v. Clark Gump (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0165
Edwin E. Copeland v. Mt. Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0172
Paul Harrison v. City of Charleston (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0173
McMechen Volunteer Fire Dept. v. Jeannette Rose, Widow (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0178
W. Va. United Health Systems v. Tammy Price (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0186
Kelly E. Heal-Ortiz v. Drs. Ortiz and Heal-Ortiz, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0197
Asplundh Tree Expert Co. v. John Lafon (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 29, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0217
California State Teachers' Retirement et al. v. Don L. Blankenship, et al. (Separate)
Date: May 25, 2018
 Docket Number: 14-1339
California State Teachers' Retirement System v. Blankenship (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 25, 2018
 Docket Number: 14-1339

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the circuit court denying Petitioners’ motion for leave to file a second amended complaint and dismissing their pending amended complaint, holding that the circuit court did not…

L&D Investments, Inc. v. Mike Ross, Inc. (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 22, 2018
 Docket Numbers: 17-0432, 17-0325

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court granting summary judgment to Mike Ross, Inc. (MRI) on the grounds that Petitioners’ claims were barred by the three-year statute of limitation set forth in W. Va.…

Spartan Mining Co. v. John Anderson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1003
David Adams v. Northern Clearing, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1016
SER U-Haul Co. v. Hon. Joanna I. Tabit, Judge, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1052
W. Va. United Health Systems v. Tammy Price (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0005
Triple S Corporation v. Dennis DeBoard (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0010
City of Charleston v. Jonathan Smoot (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0011
Antoinette M. Bee v. Kanawha Hospice Care (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0013
Chateau Grove, Inc. v. Cynthia Holland (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0024
Murray American Energy v. John Vinesky (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0056
Murray American Energy v. Curtis McIntire (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0057
Elaine Kessinger v. Penn National Gaming, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0058
Rebecca J. Davis v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0079
James Greer v. Brooks Run South Mining, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0080
Nathaniel E. Ellis v. Spartan Mining Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0081
Amfire, LLC v. Danny Sparks (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0094
Jeffrey E. James v. Eastern Arrow Corp. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 21, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0108
Rajion Alterek Mayo v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 18, 2018
 Docket Number: 16-0559
In re The Child of: John S. v. Alesha C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 18, 2018
 Docket Number: 16-1192
Richard H. v. Rachel B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 18, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0065
William J. v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 18, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0230
State of West Virginia v. Robert L. Newsome (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 18, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0415
Eugene M. Wilson v. Polino Enterprises, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 18, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0539
SER Scott R. Smith, Prosecuting Attorney v. Hon. David J. Sims, Judge (Separate)
Date: May 18, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0034
State ex rel. Smith v. Honorable David J. Sims (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 18, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0034

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the writ of prohibition sought by Scott Smith, Prosecuting Attorney for Ohio County, against the Honorable David J. Sims, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, seeking to prevent the trial…

In re A.C.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 18, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0062
State of West Virginia v. Cortez L. Barefield (Separate)
Date: May 17, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0227
Plaintiff v. Defendant  
Date: May 17, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0227

Justia Opinion Summary: The circuit court erred in admitting evidence seized as the result of an unlawful, warrantless search, a search that failed to satisfy any of the exceptions to the warrant requirement. Petitioner was convicted and…

City of Marmet v. Anthony Hunter, Administrator of the Estate of Kareem Hunter (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 17, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0493
Kenneth Baker v. Centre Foundry Machine Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 17, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0749
In re Z.N. and D.N. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 17, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0805
J.C. v. Pfizer, Inc. (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 15, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0282

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the Mass Litigation Panel through which summary judgment was granted in favor of Defendants, Pfizer, Inc., Roerig, a division of Pfizer, Inc., and Greenstone, LLC (collectively,…

Darnell A. Allen, Jr. v. Ralph Terry, Acting Warden (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 16-1082
State of West Virginia v. Michael C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0179
State of West Virginia v. Michael Lowery (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0210
George E. James v. Vanessa D. James (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0267
Douglas A. Day v. W. Va. Dept. of Military Affairs and Public Safety, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0281
Gerald R. v. Michael Martin, Acting Warden (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0339
State of West Virginia v. Deborah White (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0353
State of West Virginia v. Michael Trevor Johns (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0398
Roger Lee Goff v. Williams Holdings, LLC, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0408
State of West Virginia v. Jarel Michael Iseli (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0420
West Virginia Division of Highways v. Shirley Mason (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0430
Randy Davis v. Ryan Schooley (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0435
State of West Virginia v. J.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0472
State of West Virginia v. Robert T. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0550
Jeffery C. Wiles, William Talbot, et al. v. Work4WV-Region 1, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0557
Charles Patrick Heaster, et al. v. Gregory L. Robinson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0558
B.R. v. W. Va. Dept. of Health and Human Resources, etc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0564
State of West Virginia v. William Joseph Dawson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0587
In re K.M., D.M., M.H. and R.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0687
In re A.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0876
Christopher W. Runyan v. Lowe's Home Centers, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0886
In re H.L., F.L. and P.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1056
In re M.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1064
In re T.D. and K.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1072
In re K.M., H.T., and S.D. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1078
In re E.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1079
In re R.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1081
In re A.C. and D.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1084
In re C.A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1100
In re B.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1117
In re G.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1125
In re L.R. and G.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1126
In re E.S., W.S.-1, A.S.-1, A.S.-2, and A.S.-3 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1130
In re H.W.-1 and H.W.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1136
In re C.H. and G.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1137
In re B.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1138
In re C.H. and G.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0002
In re M.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0022
In re C.H., B.H., and A.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0028
In re N.S., H.S., B.S., A.S., and J.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0030
In re L.N. and J.N.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0033
In re D.B.-1, S.B., and O.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0053
In re B.F., M.J., and Z.J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0054
In re T.W.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0060
In re D.D., G.N.-1, and G.N.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 14, 2018
 Docket Number: 18-0061
Zachary Grove v. SER Darrell Black, Cabell County Magistrate (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0083
State of West Virginia v. Stephen R. Fielder (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0101
State of West Virginia v. Jeffrey Einer Lewis (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0172
State of West Virginia v. Keith A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0262
Shivkumar Lakshminarayan Iyer v. West Virginia Board of Medicine (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0279
Michael F. and Mary T. Witteried, et al. v. City of Charles Town (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0310
Cash N Go, Inc. v. Shana Spruce (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0311
Scott Ellis and Kimberly Ellis, et al. v. Stephen B. Herndon and Misha Herndon (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0409
Jeremy Walters v. City of Kenova, W. Va. and Ray Mossman (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0451
Michaelin Brooke Hall v. Lona Sue Hall, Robert Eugene Hall, et al. (Separate)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0452
Hall v. Hall (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0452

Justia Opinion Summary: The biological child of a deceased parent whose parental rights were either voluntarily relinquished or involuntarily terminated prior to the parent’s death does not meet the statutory definition of a descendant of the…

Connor McLaughlin, Administrator v. Christopher J. Murphy M.D., et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0453
Edward and Teresa Baez v. Foremost Insurance Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0473
Monica S. Hanson v. Suzuki Motor of America, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0478
Kimmy and Larry McNair v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. (Separate)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0519
McNair v. Johnson & Johnson (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0519

Justia Opinion Summary: There is no cause of action in West Virginia for failure to warn and negligent misrepresentation against a branded drug manufacturer when the drug ingested was produced by a generic manufacturer. Petitioners, Kimmy and…

Ronald Lee and Beth S. Kupfer v. Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, et al. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0527
State of West Virginia v. Steven Kim Hatfield (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 11, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0737
In re Guardianship of K.W. (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 10, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0692

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated for want of subject-matter jurisdiction a family court order granting permanent guardianship of three children to their maternal grandparents. This case was originally removed to family court…

State of West Virginia v. Michael Dwayne Cooper (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 9, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0357
Richards v. Walker (Signed Opinion)  
Date: May 9, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0591

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Plaintiff’s complaint against Defendants, the Town of Grantsville and its police chief, holding that the claims set forth in the complaint were barred…

Carl Clark v. Kanawha County Board of Education (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 9, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0616
Steve Dolin v. Ramsey Tire, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0594
Cecil E. Scott v. Mercer County Board of Education (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0672
Gina D. Cochran v. West Virginia United Health System (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0722
Kelly Bailey v. Mercer County Board of Education (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0806
Michael Shaeffer v. Murray American Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0895
Donnie Holcomb, Widow v. W. Va. Ofc. of Ins. Comm./Oiltanking Houston (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0915
Jamie Lucas v. Patriot Coal Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0926
Valeria Wyco, Widow v. W. Va. Ofc. of Ins. Comm./Green Construction Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0974
Norena F. Bucklan v. Wal-Mart (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1015
Murray American Energy v. Gary Mikesic (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1017
Susan Robertson v. Apex Pipeline Services (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1057
Consol of Kentucky v. Larry W. White (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1058
Hope Gas, Inc. v. Justin Andrew Fetty (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1095
Melissa L. Turner v. Kanawha County Board of Education (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1103
Beverly S. Thomas v. Brayman Construction (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1104
Mary R. Karopchinsky v. Telatlantic Communications (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1105
Lesli Gordon-Buttermore v. Monongalia Health System, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1118
Chet Cline v. W. Va. Ofc. of Ins. Comm./KC Transport (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1119
Deepwell Energy Services v. Claude Workman (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1120
Arch Coal, Inc. v. James Wisenbaler (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1121
Betty Booth v. West Virginia United Health Systems (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 7, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-1140
Ashland Specialty Co., Inc. v. Dale W. Steager, State Tax Comm. of West Virginia (Separate)
Date: May 1, 2018
 Docket Number: 17-0437
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