Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Decisions 2012
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Date: December 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0183
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0346
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0471
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0472
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0476
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0477
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0482
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0488
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0491
Date: December 13, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0492
Date: December 12, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0182
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 101342
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 101620
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0024
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0508
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1062
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Numbers: 11-1152, 11-1153
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1189
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1283
Date: December 7, 2012
Docket Numbers: 12-0210, 12-0304
Date: December 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0508
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0003
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0582
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0611
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0615
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0654
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0655
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0656
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0658
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0659
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0668
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 35607
Date: December 5, 2012
Docket Number: 35662
Date: November 30, 2012
Docket Number: 101582
Date: November 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0552
Date: November 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0567
Date: November 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0606
Date: November 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0645
Date: November 30, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0680
Date: November 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1135
Date: November 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1145
Date: November 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1399
Date: November 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1652
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0223
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with mercy. This was Petitioner's second appeal of that conviction; his conviction was first upheld on direct appeal to the Supreme Court.…
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0386
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal from the circuit court, a jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff in a vehicle collision case. The plaintiff, a passenger in the back seat of a vehicle, was injured when the vehicle collided with…
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0746
Justia Opinion Summary: Before the Supreme Court were consolidated appeals of three separate final orders of the circuit court. The appeals were made by Petitioners, state troopers or their survivors, and were as follows: (1) Petitioners…
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0784
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of burglary (against his father), battery of an elder person (against his father), and domestic assault (against his stepmother). All three convictions were the result of one trial and based upon…
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0803
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner entered a conditional guilty plea to first degree robbery. His guilty plea was conditioned upon an appeal to the Supreme Court concerning the circuit court's order denying his motion to suppress evidence…
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0853
Justia Opinion Summary: The warden of a correctional complex appealed the decision of the circuit court vacating a conviction entered against Respondent for one count of sexual assault in the first degree, one count of child abuse resulting in…
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0910
Justia Opinion Summary: Quicken Loans, Inc., a Michigan corporation and a large national mortgage lender doing business in West Virginia, appealed an order of the circuit court denying post-trial motions for amendment of the circuit court's…
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1157
Justia Opinion Summary: EQT Production Company was the lessee of an oil and gas lease. Matthew Hamblet was the surface owner of a parcel of property included within EQT's leasehold. EQT filed a permit application with the Office of Oil and Gas…
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1206
Date: November 21, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0141
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Health and Human Resources appealed a circuit court's order dismissing a petition alleging a father had abused and neglected his daughter. After vesting legal custody of the child with the child's…
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0282
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted of second degree sexual assault, incest, detaining with intent to defile, and conspiracy. Petitioner filed a motion for a new trial, which the circuit court denied. Defendant appealed, arguing…
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0398
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs filed a medical malpractice action against a hospital, several doctors, and others. Two of the doctors were employed by a corporate entity and treated patients exclusively at the hospital in accordance with a…
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0561
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involved the appeal of Petitioner of her sentence of life without mercy imposed in the circuit court by order, as recommended by the jury which found Petitioner guilty of first degree murder. Petitioner…
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0691
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant was convicted of the second degree murder of his former girlfriend. Defendant appealed, submitting several assignments of error. The State conceded error with regard to two of those assignments but argued that…
Date: November 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0961
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed the circuit court's order granting permanent guardianship of her two children to Respondent, their paternal grandmother. Petitioner asserted that the circuit court erred in exercising jurisdiction…
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0209
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0267
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0451
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0454
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0455
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0456
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0465
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0466
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0470
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0688
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0817
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1000
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1081
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1097
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1121
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1141
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1184
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1204
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1233
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1245
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1297
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1415
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1565
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0244
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0486
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Numbers: 12-0514, 12-0535
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0600
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0601
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0640
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0673
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0675
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0724
Date: November 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0806
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0189
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0195
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0207
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0212
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0217
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0226
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0227
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0338
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0643
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0759
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1120
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1142
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1142
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs were injured when their vehicle was struck by a vehicle driven by Ida Trayter. Trayter's insurer tendered its liability limits, after which Plaintiffs sought underinsured motorist coverage from their insurer,…
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1144
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1231
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1235
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1236
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1327
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1354
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1491
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1505
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1607
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1655
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Numbers: 11-1689, 11-1722
Date: November 16, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0194
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0261
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner pled guilty to the offense of escape from custody. Thereafter, Petitioner appealed his conviction pursuant to the sentencing order of the circuit court, contending that the court lacked jurisdiction to accept…
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0371
Justia Opinion Summary: This case was before the Supreme Court upon the appeal of Petitioner from an order of the circuit court granting Respondents' motion for summary judgment and dismissing Petitioner's lawsuit. The court ruled that…
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0924
Justia Opinion Summary: After Plaintiff learned his confidential medical and psychological information at St. Mary's Medical Center had been improperly accessed, Plaintiff filed several state-law claims against St. Mary's. The circuit court…
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0960
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0994
Justia Opinion Summary: This case involved an automobile accident which resulted in the death of fourteen-year-old Samantha Staubs and serious injury to her sister, thirteen-year-old Jessica Staubs. Both were passengers in a vehicle stolen and…
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1059
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was injured in an automobile accident with Stephen Stanton. At the time, Plaintiff was operating a vehicle owned by his employer, Bambardier Aerospace Corporation, and Stanton was driving a vehicle owned by his…
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Numbers: 12-0210, 12-0304
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0304
Justia Opinion Summary: In the instant case, the Supreme Court was once again asked to consider whether medical protective orders are valid and enforceable to limit the dissemination and retention of medical records obtained through discovery.…
Date: November 15, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0592
Justia Opinion Summary: The United States court of appeals certified a question to the West Virginia Supreme Court that concerned two areas of state law: the law of contract formation and the doctrine of unconscionability. The question from the…
Date: November 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0113
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed an order of the West Virginia Workers' Compensation Board of Review through which Petitioner's permanent total disability (PTD) award previously granted was suspended and vacated. Petitioner…
Date: November 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1628
Justia Opinion Summary: This was an appeal by Petitioner from an order of the circuit court accepting the voluntary relinquishment of parental rights by Father to his two eldest children and dismissing his two youngest children from the case.…
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0006
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0071
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0283
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0283
Justia Opinion Summary: As a result of a criminal investigation, Petitioner and others were arrested at Petitioner's home. Petitioner was prosecuted in federal court. The State filed a petition for forfeiture of the property owned by…
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0338
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0595
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal concerned the sale of a residence. The buyers, the plaintiffs below, sought compensatory and punitive damages from the sellers regarding water leakage in a basement storage room of the residence the buyers…
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0745
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0745
Justia Opinion Summary: After Petitioner's dog, a Rotweiller mix, attacked Respondents' two-year-old daughter, causing serious injuries, Respondents brought a civil suit under W. Va. Code 19-20-20 against Petitioners requesting that the…
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0813
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0813
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0816
Justia Opinion Summary: After a second trial, Respondent was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison with mercy. The circuit court subsequently granted Respondent habeas corpus relief, finding that Respondent's…
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0877
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1056
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1099
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1099
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, New Hampshire Insurance Company, appealed an order of the circuit court granting partial summary judgment in favor of Respondent, RRK, Inc., finding that pursuant to the commercial marine property insurance…
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1394
Justia Opinion Summary: This was an appeal by Petitioner from an order of the circuit court placing Petitioner's grandson, Aaron H., a minor, in the home of his foster parents for the purpose of adoption. Petitioner contended he should have…
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1400
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs, the grandchildren of Larry Hose, filed the instant action against Anthony Hose, individually and as administrator of the estate of Larry Hose, alleging that Plaintiffs were sexually and physically abused by…
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0699
Justia Opinion Summary: This case was before the Supreme Court for a second time. Here the case was before the Court on a petition for writ of prohibition brought by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) seeking to prohibit…
Date: November 9, 2012
Docket Number: 35667
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0258
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1241
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner appealed an order of the circuit court denying his petition for a writ of prohibition. Petitioner had sought extraordinary relief in the court below in an effort to stop the Commissioner of the West Virginia…
Date: November 8, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0603
Justia Opinion Summary: Through means of a writ of prohibition, Petitioner, a county prosecuting attorney, sought to prevent the enforcement of the order of the circuit court dismissing one count of felony murder from the indictment returned…
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0006
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0071
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0183
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed a complaint against The Burke-Parsons-Bowlby Corporation, Stella-Jones U.S. Holding Corporation, and Stella-Jones, Inc. (collectively, Defendants) alleging that Defendants unlawfully terminated his…
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0338
Date: November 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1188
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0384
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0401
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Numbers: 11-0402, 11-0403
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0404
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0405
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0414
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0424
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0434
Date: October 31, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0448
Date: October 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0681
Date: October 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0681
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Victoria Drumheller and three corporate entities sought relief from the default judgment entered against them by the circuit court in connection with a breach of contract action filed by Respondents James and…
Date: October 25, 2012
Docket Number: 35549
Date: October 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0587
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant appealed a circuit court order affirming a magistrate court's ruling that she obstructed a police officer in violation of W. Va. Code 61-5-17(a). Defendant admitted she lied to a police officer during the…
Date: October 24, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0442
Justia Opinion Summary: This action arose from modifications resulting from landfill activity made to real property that was adjacent to the property of Respondents. Respondents filed a complaint against the Town of Pratt and others, alleging…
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0527
Date: October 23, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0527
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners, the Public Service Commission of West Virginia and the Wetzel County Solid Waste Authority, sought to compel Respondents, Lackawanna Transport Company and Solid Waste Services, Inc., to comply with an order…
Date: October 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0254
Date: October 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0739
Date: October 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0785
Date: October 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0800
Date: October 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1010
Date: October 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1143
Date: October 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1264
Date: October 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1322
Date: October 22, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0672
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 101635
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0204
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0459
Justia Opinion Summary: This was a criminal appeal by Defendant from an order of the circuit court sentencing him to life imprisonment without parole for first degree murder, ten to twenty-five years imprisonment on each of nine counts of…
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0484
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0622
Justia Opinion Summary: A jury convicted Defendant of the first degree murder of his wife with a finding that a firearm had been used in the commission of the murder. The circuit court then sentenced Defendant to life imprisonment without the…
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0748
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioners asked the circuit court to declare that the West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board could not impose disability re-certification requirements of an amended statute and new rule upon them. The…
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0749
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010, the Surface Mine Board ordered the State Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to pay the Hominy Creek Preservation Association's attorney fees for work performed in two administrative appeals. Eighty-two…
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0750
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0824
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0892
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0912
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0986
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1049
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1057
Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated cases, Petitioners Mountain America, LLC, et al. (hereinafter "Mountain America") appealed from orders entered by the circuit court denying Mountain America's appeals from its ad valorem property…
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Numbers: 11-1098, 12-0382
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1129
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1133
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1188
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant and Plaintiffs were co-guarantors of a promissory note signed to obtain a bank loan to pay the debts of the parties' failed corporation. Plaintiffs paid the note from their personal funds. Plaintiffs then filed…
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1230
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1341
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1595
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0586
Date: October 19, 2012
Docket Number: 35705
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0265
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0266
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0268
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0357
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0358
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0375
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0380
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0382
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0475
Date: October 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0792
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 100918
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0280
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0290
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0291
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0297
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0309
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0336
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0337
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0340
Date: October 2, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0356
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0385
Date: September 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0666
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, Feroleto Steel Company, did business in cutting large steel coils into smaller widths as specified by Petitioner's customers. The tax commissioner denied Petitioner an exemption from ad valorem property…
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0575
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0631
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff was a dump truck driver employed by Independence Coal Company when he suffered a work-related injury. Plaintiff filed a deliberate intent action alleging that Independence created three unsafe work conditions…
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0889
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1075
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1298
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1300
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1443
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1468
Date: September 24, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0465
Date: September 18, 2012
Docket Number: 101120
Date: September 18, 2012
Docket Number: 101356
Date: September 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0046
Date: September 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0065
Date: September 18, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0070
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0288
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Numbers: 11-0293, 11-0867
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0313
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0331
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0332
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0333
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0335
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0878
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1710
Date: September 14, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0899
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0999
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1009
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1041
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1077
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1095
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1115
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1124
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1154
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1185
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1191
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1276
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1277
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1282
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1321
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1455
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0303
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0313
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0395
Date: September 7, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0899
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a candidate for the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, invoked the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction seeking a writ of mandamus to compel Respondents, including the secretary of state and members…
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0122
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0197
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0396
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0576
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0646
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0708
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1004
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1015
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1060
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1103
Date: September 4, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1294
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0235
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0238
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0239
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0245
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0246
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0247
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0255
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0262
Date: August 14, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0263
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0017
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0020
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0021
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0022
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0025
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0026
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0027
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0028
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0030
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0047
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0062
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0064
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0066
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0069
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0071
Date: July 26, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0137
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 100652
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 101598
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0115
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0116
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0139
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0142
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0143
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0149
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0150
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0352
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0949
Date: July 20, 2012
Docket Numbers: 11-1405, 11-1447
Date: July 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1690
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0094
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0151
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0152
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0153
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0158
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0163
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0173
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0200
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0201
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0202
Date: July 17, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0674
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 101341
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0005
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0031
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0032
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0034
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0036
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0037
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0039
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0040
Date: July 6, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0734
Date: July 5, 2012
Docket Number: 12-0720
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0706
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0864
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1033
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1131
Date: July 3, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1226
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4026
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4027
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4029
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 10-4030
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0002
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0004
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0007
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0308
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0370
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0395
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0441
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0464
Date: June 29, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0551
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 101268
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0092
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0095
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0096
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0100
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0101
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0102
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0112
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0114
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0285
Date: June 27, 2012
Docket Number: 110653
Date: June 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1205
Date: June 25, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1272
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0341
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0354
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0564
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0644
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0664
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0677
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0689
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0692
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0771
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1042
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1044
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1045
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1130
Date: June 22, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1136
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 101537
Justia Opinion Summary: Infant was born with severe brain damage. Respondent, Infant's mother, on behalf of Infant, applied for and received Medicaid benefits from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR). Respondent…
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0168
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0353
Justia Opinion Summary: John Epling was arrested for driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The DUI charge against Epling was subsequently dismissed. Following an administrative hearing, the Commissioner of the Division…
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0362
Justia Opinion Summary: In this appeal, Defendant challenged an order of the circuit court convicting him of felony murder and child neglect resulting in death and sentencing him to life with mercy for the felony-murder conviction and a…
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0415
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0519
Justia Opinion Summary: Appellant was convicted and sentenced on twenty-six charges stemming from an alcohol-related automobile accident in which five people died and seven others were injured. The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in…
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1020
Justia Opinion Summary: As the primary beneficiary under an insurance policy issued by Appellee Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, Appellant Roger Goff brought a cause of action under the West Virginia Unfair Trade Practices Act, asserting…
Date: June 21, 2012
Docket Number: 11-1690
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, The Affiliated Construction Trades Foundation (ACT), filed a declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration that a public highway construction contract awarded to Respondent, Nicewonder Contracting, Inc.,…
Date: June 19, 2012
Docket Number: 11-0410
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner Brent McGilton was convicted by a jury of three counts of malicious assault against his wife, Angela McGilton. Petitioner appealed, arguing that the circuit court violated his double jeopardy protections by…
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 101432
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 101529
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 101551
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 101552
Date: June 18, 2012
Docket Number: 101553
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