Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Decisions 2015
Opinions 1 - 500 of 1029
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0699
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0705
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0706
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0771
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0783
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0787
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0798
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0848
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0857
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0858
Date: December 30, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0869
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1288
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0158
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0159
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0160
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0161
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0168
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0175
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0176
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0177
Date: December 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0185
Date: December 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1312
Date: December 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0014
Date: December 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0016
Date: December 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0220
Date: December 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0243
Date: December 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0296
Date: December 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0309
Date: December 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0356
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1085
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1249
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0750
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-0760, 14-1335
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1139
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1146
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1154
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1232
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1248
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1272
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1298
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1320
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0005
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0006
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0022
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0140
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0181
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0188
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0210
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0231
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0237
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0493
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0636
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0638
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Numbers: 15-0675, 15-0676
Date: November 23, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0704
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0016
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0016
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0916
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0918
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0924
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0928
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0962
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0963
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0964
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1034
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1149
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1180
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1214
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1216
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1330
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0002
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0018
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0018
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0035
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0062
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0223
Date: November 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0223
Date: November 19, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0133
Date: November 19, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0081
Date: November 18, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1125
Date: November 18, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1128
Date: November 18, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-0921, 14-0922, 14-0923
Justia Opinion Summary: The complex issues at issue in these three consolidated appeals revolved around four overlapping leases to extract oil and gas from land owned by Plaintiff. Each lease contained an arbitration clause. Plaintiff filed the…
Date: November 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0957
Justia Opinion Summary: The West Virginia Racing Commission suspended the occupational permits of each of seven jockeys for thirty days and imposed a $1,000 fine on each of the jockeys for certain rules governing horse racing. The circuit court…
Date: November 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0968
Date: November 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0968
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of sexual assault in the second degree and two counts of sexual assault in the third degree. Defendant was effectively sentenced to not less than ten nor more…
Date: November 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0977
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a police officer with the Department of Natural Resources, lost his right eye as a result of a workplace injury. Petitioner was awarded thirty-three percent permanent partial disability for the “total and…
Date: November 18, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-1210, 14-1211, 14-1286
Justia Opinion Summary: This appeal involved three different leases negotiated by Defendant between plaintiff-landowners and an oil and gas company. Each of the three leases engendered a different lawsuit against Defendant. In each case,…
Date: November 18, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0205
Justia Opinion Summary: Donal Bowers was charged with alleged sex crimes against an eleven-year-old girl. The assistant prosecutor filed a motion in limine to obtain an advance ruling on the admissibility of the diary of the alleged victim. The…
Date: November 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1341
Date: November 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1341
Date: November 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0343
Justia Opinion Summary: U.S. Silica Company has been named as a defendant in numerous silica claims seeking damages for injuries allegedly caused by exposure to silica sand. When three policies of comprehensive general liability insurance…
Date: November 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0642
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner pleaded guilty to one count of robbery and two counts of sexual assault. Petitioner’s first petition for writ of habeas corpus was unsuccessful. Thereafter, Petitioner filed a second petition for a writ of…
Date: November 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0790
Date: November 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1101
Date: November 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1113
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiff filed suit against two law enforcement officers, as well as their respective employers, alleging (1) the officers attacked, assaulted and battered Plaintiff and intentionally inflicted emotional distress; (2)…
Date: November 10, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1264
Justia Opinion Summary: After Respondent was terminated as Superintendent of Schools she challenged her termination from employment by filing suit in the circuit court, naming as Defendants the West Virginia Board of Education and its former…
Date: November 10, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0635
Justia Opinion Summary: Respondent was the low bidder on a government construction contract. The Purchasing Division of the Department of Administration and the Lottery Commission (collectively, the Agency), however, awarded the contract to…
Date: November 9, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1291
Date: November 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0876
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder without a recommendation of mercy, attempted murder, and malicious wounding. The Supreme Court affirmed with one exception, holding (1) there was…
Date: November 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1059
Justia Opinion Summary: Erie Insurance Property and Casualty Company submitted to the Virginia Insurance Commissioner a rate, form, and product filing seeking approval for a new product endorsement entitled Rate Protection Endorsement (RPE).…
Date: November 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1102
Date: November 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1102
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0174
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0174
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of fleeing in a vehicle, possession with intent to deliver a schedule II controlled substance (cocaine), and possession with intent to deliver a schedule II controlled…
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0224
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0926
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0926
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0954
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1167
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1307
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0034
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0048
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0148
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0203
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0206
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0323
Date: November 6, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0324
Date: November 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0933
Date: November 5, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1162
Justia Opinion Summary: A criminal complaint was filed in magistrate court charging Respondent with conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance, which is a felony. Before the preliminary hearing commenced, the State filed a motion with the…
Date: November 5, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0333
Justia Opinion Summary: In 2010, an abuse and neglect petition was filed alleging that Child’s mother (Mother) was under the influence of drugs while caring for Child. The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) subsequently placed…
Date: November 5, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0669
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, an attorney practicing primarily in the Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit (judicial circuit), sought a writ of prohibition to prevent Respondents, the mental hygiene commissioners of the judicial circuit, from…
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0396
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0398
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0402
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0414
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0621
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0630
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0634
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0643
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0651
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1110
Justia Opinion Summary: Billy Hoosier, Jr. mistakenly placed a modular home on a parcel of land owned by Heartwood Forestland Fund IV, LP. Heartwood filed a complaint seeking declaratory relief to inform its ownership of the tract of land at…
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1023
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1053
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1063
Justia Opinion Summary: After DUI and hit and run charges were filed against Robert Conniff, the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) notified Conniff that his driver’s license was being revoked for DUI. After a fifth and final…
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1077
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1206
Justia Opinion Summary: The Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) filed an abuse and neglect petition against Parents. After an adjudicatory hearing on the DHHR’s petition, the circuit court granted the DHHR custody of Parents’ minor…
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1209
Justia Opinion Summary: Morgan County Emergency Medical Services Board, Inc. is authorized by the County Commission of Morgan County to collect delinquent ambulance service fees. The Board brought an action against Petitioner, the owner of a…
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1215
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1226
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1281
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1291
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1300
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0058
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0071
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0073
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0080
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0142
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0143
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0144
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0149
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0155
Date: November 4, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0157
Date: October 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0965
Date: October 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0470
Date: October 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0480
Date: October 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1049
Date: October 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1123
Date: October 21, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0025
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0132
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0625
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0726
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0788
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0788
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0807
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0844
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0952
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0952
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0958
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0967
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0007
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0023
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0030
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0041
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0227
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0295
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0465
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0467
Date: October 20, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0557
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0806
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0892
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0960
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1015
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1038
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1061
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1111
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1153
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1218
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1260
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1263
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1265
Date: October 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1338
Date: October 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0965
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this case was a circuit court order directing the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, the Bureau for Behavioral Health and Health Facilities (DHHR) to restore access without limitation to…
Date: October 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0470
Date: October 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0480
Date: October 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0967
Justia Opinion Summary: Tenant died in a fire that he caused on property he rented from Landlords. Insurer paid Landlords, its insureds, for the property damage caused by the fire. Plaintiff, individually and in his capacity as the…
Date: October 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1049
Date: October 14, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1123
Date: October 14, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0025
Date: October 14, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0054
Date: October 8, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-0664, 14-0845
Date: October 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0891
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was convicted and sentence for first-degree sexual assault and sexual abuse by a parent or guardian. The Supreme Court affirmed. Petitioner filed a habeas corpus petition in circuit court alleging that his…
Date: October 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0920
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of sexual assault in the first degree and sexual abuse by a parent or guardian. After Petitioner was sentenced, his trial attorney committed suicide. Thereafter, Petitioner…
Date: October 8, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0950
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner pleaded guilty to burglary and was sentenced to an indeterminate term of one to fifteen years. As relevant to this appeal, the circuit court ordered Petitioner to pay restitution in the amount of $5,478.93 to…
Date: October 8, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0151
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a bank, filed suit against Respondent seeking the outstanding balance remaining on a loan it made to him in 2012. Rather than litigate the matter, Respondent entered into an “Agreed Order Confessing Judgment”…
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0149
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0150
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0151
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0185
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0272
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0292
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0294
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0473
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-0664, 14-0845
Justia Opinion Summary: This institutional reform litigation began in 1981 when a group of patients filed a mandamus action seeking judicial intervention for deplorable conditions in West Virginia’s mental institutions. In these consolidated…
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0846
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner served as general counsel to the West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) for approximately twenty-five years. The WVDA submitted employer and employee contributions to the Public Employees Retirement…
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0849
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, a pilot, filed a complaint alleging that Potomac Highlands Airport Authority (“PHAA”) wrongfully banned him from the Greater Cumberland Regional Airport. Petitioner’s complaint alleged a loss of income as a…
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0887
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of murder in the first degree. Petitioner was sentenced to life without mercy. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) even if deemed gruesome, the probative value of autopsy…
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0937
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of three sexual offenses against an infant. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the circuit court did not err in denying Defendant’s motion to suppress inculpatory…
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-1198, 14-0484
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, the principal owner of a vacation facility open to the public (“the resort”), was convicted of two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree. Petitioner’s sentence included placement on supervised release…
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1241
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1277
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1278
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1279
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1280
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0046
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0047
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0050
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0055
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0056
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0057
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0059
Date: October 7, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0424
Justia Opinion Summary: The underlying lawsuit arose out of Fred Hlad’s agreement to construct a house for Travis and Teresa Nelson. The Nelsons sued Hlad for breach of contract, various intentional tort claims, and negligence in constructing…
Date: September 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0946
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1180
Justia Opinion Summary: The West Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) revoked Robin Riner’s drivers license due to her failure to submit to a secondary chemical test. The Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) reversed the revocation…
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0455
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0455
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Defendant appealed, arguing that the circuit court erred in granting the State’s motion in limine preventing…
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0898
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner was the owner of a parcel of land within a larger tract of land owned by Respondent. When Petitioner was conveyed the land, the deed contained a restrictive covenant stating that Petitioner “shall install no…
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Numbers: 15-0098, 15-0102
Date: September 24, 2015
Docket Numbers: 15-0098, 15-0102
Justia Opinion Summary: The decedent died while participating in the Tough Mudder Mid-Atlantic event in Gerrardstown, Berkeley County, West Virginia. Plaintiff, the decedent’s mother and personal representative, filed a wrongful death action in…
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0458
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0731
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1197
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1259
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1323
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0003
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0031
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0065
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0163
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0202
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0325
Date: September 21, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0332
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0756
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0886
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1018
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1093
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1114
Date: September 18, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1152
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0438
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of first-degree murder, without a recommendation of mercy. Defendant was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding…
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1076
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1084
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1085
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1086
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1088
Date: September 17, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0131
Justia Opinion Summary: Petitioner, who worked as a registered nurse at a Hospital, was terminated for allegedly violating the Hospital’s narcotic waste policies. Petitioner self-reported her termination to the West Virginia Board of Registered…
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1143
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1145
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1188
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1194
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1222
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1223
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1224
Date: September 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1225
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1020
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1228
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1229
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1230
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1231
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1293
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1314
Date: September 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1316
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0804
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0915
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1083
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1184
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1311
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1318
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0015
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0297
Date: September 11, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0340
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0116
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0322
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0344
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0445
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0485
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0688
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0732
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0894
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0945
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0951
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0985
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1004
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1081
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1096
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1151
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-1158, 14-1217
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1163
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1199
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1200
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1234
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1238
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1267
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1297
Date: August 31, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1319
Date: August 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0752
Date: August 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0907
Date: August 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0949
Date: August 28, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1056
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1021
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1022
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1026
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1027
Date: July 27, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0099
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0179
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0982
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1021
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1029
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1030
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1051
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1066
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1067
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1073
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1074
Date: July 9, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1075
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0598
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Numbers: 14-0836, 15-0105
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1041
Date: June 26, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1068
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0546
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0718
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0728
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0826
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0956
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0961
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1065
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1097
Date: June 22, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1219
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0381
Date: June 17, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0381
Justia Opinion Summary: The West Virginia Department of Transportation (DOH) filed a condemnation action against Western Pocahontas and Beacon Resources, Inc. seeking to take approximately thirty acres owned by Western Pocahontas and leased to…
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1079
Justia Opinion Summary: This action arose from medical treatment received by decedent Gary Rakes at the Bluefield Regional Medical Center between September 3, 2010 and September 5, 2010. The decedent died on September 5, 2010. Respondent, as…
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1305
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0100
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0100
Justia Opinion Summary: The West Virginia State Treasurer separately filed sixty-three complaints against insurance companies doing business in West Virginia, alleging that the insurers unlawfully retained life insurance proceeds unclaimed by…
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0291
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0291
Justia Opinion Summary: The case involved an alleged fraudulent scheme involving United Bank and McQuade Appraisal Services (collectively, Respondents) to inflate the value of property in a residential development called Walnut Springs Mountain…
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0603
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant entered an Alford plea of guilty to unlawful assault. Defendant was subsequently notified that he would be processed for deportation to Jamaica because of his felony conviction. When Defendant was discharged…
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0612
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0639
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0639
Justia Opinion Summary: After a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of felony murder and conspiracy to commit burglary. Defendant was sentenced to life with mercy on his conviction of felony murder. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1)…
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0757
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0757
Justia Opinion Summary: Tinkerbell, a female pit bull terrier, injured a neighbor child who was playing in the yard of Michael and Kim Blatt. The circuit court ordered that Tinkerbell, the family pet of the Blatts, be euthanized pursuant to…
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0972
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0029
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0029
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0033
Date: June 16, 2015
Docket Number: 15-0033
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1205
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1250
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 13-1253
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0193
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0287
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0715
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0755
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0759
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0762
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0762
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0860
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-0993
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1006
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1036
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1058
Date: June 15, 2015
Docket Number: 14-1098
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