Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Decisions 2013
Opinions 501 - 1000 of 1428
Date: September 27, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1488
Date: September 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0330
Date: September 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0420
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was employed by CSX Transportation, Inc. (CSXT) as a conductor. Alleging that he sustained injuries to his back due to unsupportive seats on the cabooses and locomotives, Petitioner filed this action against…
Date: September 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0614
Justia Opinion Summary: Decedent died as a result of the injuries he received when he was attacked by several pit bull terriers. Petitioner, the administratrix of Decedent's estate, brought this action against Respondents, the Monroe County…
Date: September 27, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1421
Date: September 27, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0090
Date: September 26, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0729
Date: September 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0152
Date: September 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0152
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs were owners of the surface of a thirty-acre tract of land. Defendant, an oil and gas corporation, claimed that, in 1949, it leased the rights to the gas under the tract. In 2006, the parties entered into a…
Date: September 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0153
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent's vehicle was stopped for swerving and crossing the centerline. Respondent then failed three field sobriety tests and was arrested for driving under the influence. While in the town hall, the officer performed…
Date: September 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0534
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree in violation of W. Va. Code 61-2-1 and arson in the first degree. The trial court sentenced Defendant to life imprisonment for the murder…
Date: September 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0632
Justia Opinion Summary: Joseph Jackson, an employee of the Department of Transportation, Division of Highways (DOH), was operating a dump truck and performing clean-up work pursuant to a state of emergency declaration, when he struck Joseph…
Date: September 26, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0636
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1488
Justia Opinion Summary: A 2007 stockholders’ derivative suit alleged that Massey’s officers and directors breached their fiduciary duties by failing to make sure that Massey employees were complying with environmental and mine worker safety…
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1626
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1629
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1630
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1631
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1632
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1635
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1637
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1662
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1663
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1708
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1725
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1728
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1729
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1730
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1732
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1733
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1740
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1741
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0203
Justia Opinion Summary: Fluker filed a lawsuit against Cava Toyota World on April 3, 2009, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated from his employment. The defendants reported the lawsuit to their insurance carrier, National Union, four days…
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0256
Justia Opinion Summary: After drinking and getting into an argument with his wife, Goins shot a gun at a vehicle in which his wife’s brother and his family were seated. He was convicted of five counts of misdemeanor brandishing and sentenced to…
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0365
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2009 McCausland, executed a “Last Will and Testament” naming Fluharty as executor and bequeating the residue of his estate to a Trust, established in 2002. Months later, McCausland was physically incapacitated and…
Date: September 12, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0545
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1543
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1588
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1591
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1592
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1593
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1603
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1622
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1623
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1624
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1625
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1700
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1707
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1709
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1718
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1719
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1720
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1723
Date: September 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0032
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0487
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1000
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1064
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1112
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1150
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1159
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1165
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1196
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1222
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1264
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1291
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1295
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1316
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1326
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1331
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1332
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1387
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1530
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0056
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0171
Date: September 3, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0200
Date: August 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1338
Date: August 30, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1391
Date: July 26, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0170
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1461
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1462
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1540
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1545
Date: July 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1557
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1457
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1458
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1476
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1477
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1479
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1480
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1548
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1571
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1572
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1580
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1585
Date: July 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1587
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1423
Date: July 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1433
Date: July 16, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0799
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0902
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0903
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1036
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1090
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1126
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1190
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1198
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1262
Date: July 15, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1508
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1409
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1410
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1481
Date: July 11, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1501
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Numbers: 12-0652, 12-0686, 12-0693
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0698
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0702
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0793
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0799
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0841
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0869
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0902
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0951
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1049
Date: July 8, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1097
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1387
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0292
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0571
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0701
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0706
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0709
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0743
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0773
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0776
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0798
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0814
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0822
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0830
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0838
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0879
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0889
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0920
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0922
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0924
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0944
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0954
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0964
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0990
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0999
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1057
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1062
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1088
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1089
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1120
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1244
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1430
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1461
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1464
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0007
Date: June 28, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0172
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1469
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1479
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1530
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1532
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0131
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0272
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0288
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0289
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0293
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0300
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0368
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0438
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0455
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0549
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0665
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0667
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0685
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0718
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0817
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0845
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0847
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0867
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0878
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0886
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0890
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0955
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0967
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0985
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1017
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1026
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1061
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1077
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1082
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1087
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1105
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1110
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1185
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1255
Date: June 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1427
Date: June 21, 2013
Docket Numbers: 12-0037, 12-0522
Date: June 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0189
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Numbers: 11-1224, 11-1486
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Numbers: 11-1646, 12-0545
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1646
Justia Opinion Summary: The cases underlying these consolidated appeals involved the purchase of an automobile. Plaintiffs purchased vehicles and signed retail installment contracts with three separate dealers. The dealers assigned their rights…
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1675
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0678
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0678
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent was employed by Petitioner. After Respondent was terminated, she filed a complaint with the West Virginia Human Rights Commission alleging that she was unlawfully discriminated against. The director of…
Date: June 19, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0957
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) filed an abuse and neglect petition against Mother. The basis of the petition was the allegation that Mother intentionally abused two unrelated, non-household member…
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0036
Justia Opinion Summary: Lisbeth Cherrington entered into a contract with the Pinnacle Group for the construction of a home. Anthony Mamone worked with Cherrington during the contract and construction process. After the construction was…
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0150
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent refinanced the mortgage on his home with a loan he obtained from Petitioner. Because Respondent failed to make his monthly loan payments in accordance with the parties' agreement, Petitioner invoked its right…
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0189
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0189
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of robbery and convicted to a term of incarceration of ten to twenty years. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the trial court (1) did not err in admitting testimony…
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0734
Date: June 18, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1242
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner in this case was the court-appointed guardian of eight-year-old Haylea. Respondents were Haylea's biological parents (Mother and Father). Upon a petition by Mother, the circuit court terminated the infant…
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1649
Date: June 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0195
Date: June 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0206
Date: June 14, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0206
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner here was Gaddy Engineering Company, and Respondents were an individual lawyer, Thomas Lane, and a law firm in which Lane was a partner (Bowles Rice). Petitioner contended that the Lane agreed to pay Petitioner…
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1675
Justia Opinion Summary: The grand jury returned an indictment against Defendant charging Defendant with several sexual offenses. Defendant filed a motion to suppress statements to police officers during an interrogation. Before the…
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0080
Justia Opinion Summary: In 1907, Florence conveyed her 1/7 interest in "the surface only" of a 225-acre tract of land to Walter, her brother, who was vested with an undivided 6/7 interest in the tract. The subject tract was subsequently…
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0228
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0367
Justia Opinion Summary: Wife filed for divorce from Husband. In its decree of divorce and final order, the family court awarded permanent spousal support in the amount of $1,600 per month for Wife, found that Husband was a greater contributor…
Date: June 13, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1253
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1038
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1052
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1054
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1148
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1149
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1166
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1167
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1295
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1296
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1303
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1304
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1307
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1308
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1309
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1310
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1313
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1701
Justia Opinion Summary: Craig Payne died after choking on a hot dog fed to him at a D.E.A.F. Education and Advocacy Focus (DEAF) day rehabilitation center. Following Payne's death, investigations revealed that DEAF suffered from serious…
Date: June 12, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0061
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1495
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1787
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0456
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0749
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0761
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1094
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1118
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1133
Date: June 10, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1151
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1336
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. The Supreme Court affirmed Petitioner's conviction on appeal, holding (1)…
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1704
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Numbers: 12-0130, 12-0165
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0332
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0441
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0451
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0530
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0578
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0599
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0655
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0771
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0825
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0891
Date: June 7, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0009
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1179
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1254
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1314
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1315
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1319
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1320
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1331
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1332
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1334
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1339
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1368
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1373
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1380
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1750
Justia Opinion Summary: The Bunch Company filed consumer complaint, alleging that when BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Company became its insurer, BrickStreet wrongfully included a charge for the expense of an agent commission in the workers'…
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0176
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0177
Date: June 6, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0376
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0621
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder without a recommendation of mercy and sentenced to life in prison without mercy. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court (1) did not…
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0799
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first degree murder without a recommendation of mercy. Defendant appealed, arguing that the circuit court committed error by failing to grant Defendant's motion to strike a…
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1752
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1783
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs were six custodial parents of children who were owed child support from the noncustodial parent suing on behalf of their respective children. Defendants included the Department of Health and Human Resources…
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Numbers: 12-0037, 12-0522
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Numbers: 12-0037, 12-0522
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0037
Justia Opinion Summary: These two consolidated cases involved a bond for which Hartford Fire Insurance Company (Hartford) was the surety. Each bond principal was sued, and both cases resulted in the entry of default judgments. Hartford was not…
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0205
Justia Opinion Summary: The City of Fairmont owned and operated Fairmont General Hospital (FGH) until 1985. In 1984, the City Council adopted section 4.06 of the Fairmont City Charter, which provided that the board of directors of the hospital…
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0287
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0287
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0287
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent's employment with the West Virginia Department of Transportation (DOH) was terminated because Respondent allegedly accessed and attempted to access pornographic websites using a computer owned by the State.…
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0435
Justia Opinion Summary: When Mother and Father divorced in Colorado, Mother was awarded primary custody of the parties' two minor children subject to visitation by Father, who subsequently moved to Virginia. Mother later moved with the children…
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0808
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) filed an abuse and neglect petition against Mother and Father, the biological parents of two girls. After an adjudicatory hearing establishing the children were abused…
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1138
Justia Opinion Summary: After Stepfather was arrested and admitted to sexual abuse of one of Mother's children, the Department removed Mother's two children from the home and filed an abuse and neglect petition against Mother. After an…
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1178
Justia Opinion Summary: The circuit court adjudicated Mother and Father abusive and neglectful and terminated their parental rights to three children. Mother and Father appealed, contending, among other things, that the circuit court erred in…
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1410
Date: June 5, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0110
Justia Opinion Summary: Tobby Small and James Ramsey were involved in a traffic accident. Small filed an action against Ramsey and others in federal court, and Ramsey filed an action against Small and others in circuit court. Small filed a…
Date: June 4, 2013
Docket Number: 13-0086
Justia Opinion Summary: This matter involved two consolidated writs of prohibition filed under the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. Petitioners sought a writ of prohibition to prevent enforcement of circuit court orders that denied…
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0516
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0517
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0523
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0929
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1147
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1200
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1202
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1208
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1569
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1668
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1774
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1782
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0048
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0117
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2008, Donte Newsome, a university student, was the innocent victim of murder. In 2009, Newsome's mother, Angela Smith, submitted an application to the court of claims seeking reimbursement from the West Virginia Crime…
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0270
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0329
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0338
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0408
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0419
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0440
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0454
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0543
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0653
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0659
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0683
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0684
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0782
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0812
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0813
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0815
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0827
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0834
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0849
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0885
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0930
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0953
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0973
Justia Opinion Summary: Mother had two infant twin boys, Joseph and Walter. Joseph died after ingesting a lethal dose of Suboxone. Neither the investigations by law enforcement nor Mother's inquiries into Joseph's death were able to determine…
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1065
Date: May 24, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1435
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1168
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1180
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1183
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1192
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1193
Date: May 22, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1195
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1265
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1265
Justia Opinion Summary: William Piper was killed in a motor vehicle accident in which he was driving. His passenger, Kyle Hoffman, was also killed. The Estate of Hoffman subsequently filed suit against the Estate of Piper. The case was…
Date: May 21, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0024
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1014
Justia Opinion Summary: After a trial, Defendant was convicted on two counts of first degree murder and one count of first degree arson. Defendant was sentenced to two consecutive terms of imprisonment without the possibility of parole for the…
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1694
Justia Opinion Summary: Mother sought to change the name of Daughter. Mother filed a name change petition to request a hyphenated surname for Daughter. Father opposed the name change request, arguing that he was likely to be injured by the…
Date: May 20, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0046
Justia Opinion Summary: After Petitioner's daughter, A.P., was born, Petitioner and A.P. lived with Petitioner's mother, Respondent. Two and one-half months later, Petitioner and A.P. moved out of Respondent's home. The relationship between…
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-0977
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner pleaded guilty to entering without breaking. The circuit court ordered Petitioner to be placed at the Anthony Center for Youthful Offenders. The warden later determined Petitioner was unfit to continue his…
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1427
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1531
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was employed as a custodian by Respondent, the Board of Education of the County of Raleigh under a 210-day regular contract and thirty-day summer contract that did not include paid vacation days. Petitioner…
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Numbers: 11-1617, 11-1642
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1641
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1779
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0038
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0100
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, who was fourteen years old at the time, stipulated that she was absent from school on nine days within a five-week period. Petitioner denied she was an habitual truant because six of the nine days were due to…
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0108
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0126
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0127
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0135
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0186
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0202
Justia Opinion Summary: After Petitioner was arrested for driving under the influence (DUI) The Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) notified Petitioner that his license would be revoked for DUI. Petitioner timely requested an administrative…
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0207
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0233
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0252
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0254
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0295
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0346
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0390
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0392
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0394
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0409
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0434
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0478
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0509
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0521
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0561
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0610
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0617
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0618
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0620
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0633
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0635
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0654
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0704
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0710
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0744
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0760
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0931
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0966
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0982
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-0994
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Health and Human Resources filed a petition to institute child abuse and neglect proceedings against the Father and Mother of twin boys, alleging that the twins were abused and/or neglected. After a…
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1068
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1109
Date: May 17, 2013
Docket Number: 12-1213
Justia Opinion Summary: The Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles revoked the driving privileges of Respondents for driving under the influence of alcohol. After Respondents filed petitions for review of the administrative orders, the…
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1213
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1215
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1234
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1255
Date: May 16, 2013
Docket Number: 11-1275
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