Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Decisions 2021
Opinions 1 - 500 of 695
Date: November 23, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0230
Date: November 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0684
Date: November 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0684
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the circuit court entered under the West Virginia Wage Payment and Collection Act, W. Va. Code 23-5-1 to -18 (the WPCA), holding that the court acted within its discretion, and…
Date: November 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0095
Date: November 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0230
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted as moulded a writ of prohibition challenging the rulings of the circuit court denying West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc.'s (WVUH) petition for declaratory judgment and WVUH's motion to…
Date: November 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0559
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court preliminarily enjoining the West Virginia Paycheck Protection Act, passed by the Legislature in 2021, from taking effect, holding that the circuit court abused…
Date: November 22, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0559
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0024
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0169
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Petitioner failed to meet his burden of proof. Defendant was convicted of first-degree…
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0224
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court granting Respondent's petition to adopt H.G., holding that there was insufficient to show that the court abused its discretion in granting the petition for…
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0404
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a requested writ of prohibition and prohibited the enforcement of a circuit court order granting a motion to dismiss two counts of sexual assault in the second degree, holding that the circuit…
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0558
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court reversing the decision of a West Virginia State Police Grievance System hearing officer and ordering the reinstatement of Respondent to his employment as a state…
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0722
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0722
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the West Virginia Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act (West Virginia Act), W. Va. Code 62-1D-1 through 16, runs afoul of the First Amendment to the federal Constitution and W. Va.…
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0742
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0024
Justia Opinion Summary: With one exception, the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Petitioner's petition of habeas corpus relief from Petitioner's conviction on four counts of first-degree sexual abuse and related…
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0095
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition prohibiting the circuit court from enforcing an order granting class certification in the underlying civil action filed by Respondents, holding that class certification was…
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0404
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0404
Date: November 19, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0423
Date: November 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0030
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the summary and declaratory judgment order of the circuit court determining that Frank Bonacci and Brian Bonacci (together, the Bonacci brothers) were the owners of an undivided and unsevered…
Date: November 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0192
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's reversal of the order of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) affirming the Division of Motor Vehicles' revocation of Joshua Derechin's driver's license but reversed…
Date: November 18, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-0742, 33-2020
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court publicly censured the Honorable Louise E. Goldston, a family court judge, for serious misconduct and ordered her to pay a total fine of $1,000, holding that censure was appropriate under the facts and…
Date: November 18, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0997
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the disposition order of the circuit court terminating Father's parental rights to his infant child, holding that the circuit court did not err in terminating Father's parental rights in lieu…
Date: November 17, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0266
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition sought by Petitioners, three boys, prohibiting the circuit court from extending the improvement period of Respondent, their mother, holding that Petitioners showed that…
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0750
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court dismissing the medical negligence claims of Petitioner Christopher Morris, individually and as administrator of the estate of Amy Christine Wade, against…
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0750
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0169
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition sought by West Virginia Mutual Insurance Company (Mutual) from the order of the circuit court denying Mutual's motion for summary judgment on common law bad faith claims…
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0234
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that a county solid waste authority has no power to enter into a fixed-term employment contract with a non-civil service employee. In 2008, The Nicholas County Solid Waste Authority (NCSWA)…
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0311
Date: November 16, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0401
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition requested by the state arguing that the circuit court exceeded its authority in ordering the dismissal of indictments against Michael Daniel Bowman, holding that the State…
Date: November 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0036
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held in this case that the circuit court had the power to enter an order precluding a party to a West Virginia lawsuit from instituting or prosecuting collateral litigation in a sister state. This…
Date: November 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1180
Date: November 10, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-0958, 20-0992
Date: November 9, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1163
Date: November 9, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-0631, 20-0632
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court terminating Parents' parental rights, holding that there was no error or abuse of discretion. Parents stipulated to having neglected their three minor…
Date: November 9, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-0979, 20-0994
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0488
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0488
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the rulings made by the circuit court determining that (1) home inspectors do not meet the professional services tax exemption in W. Va. Code 11-15-8; (2) home…
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0563
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0856
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1028
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0256
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0417
Date: November 8, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0448
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0216
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0417
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0486
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part and affirmed in part the order of the circuit court affirming the judgment of the Board of Review affirming the decision of a Labor Dispute Tribunal that certain union members employed…
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0486
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0541
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0546
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0546
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court entering an order extending Petitioner's probation period past five years, holding that there was no error. In 2015, Petitioner was sentenced to two years of…
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0550
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0551
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0552
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0688
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0717
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0719
Date: November 5, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0921
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the circuit court terminating Father's parental rights to his child, holding that Father's due process rights were violated. On appeal, Petitioner argued that he was not afforded…
Date: November 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0233
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC) approving the application of one of Ambassador Limousine and Taxi Service (Ambassador) to transfer the common motor carrier…
Date: November 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0823
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court terminating Father's parental rights to his child, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below. After a hearing, the circuit court found that there…
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0175
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court granting the State's motion to transfer this juvenile case to the criminal jurisdiction of the circuit court pursuant to W. Va. Code 49-4-710, holding that there…
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0332
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0333
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0557
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0816
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court terminating Father's parental rights to his eleven-year-old daughter, holding that the circuit court erred by finding that the statutory grounds for termination…
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0859
Date: October 29, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0937
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0065
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the circuit court granting judgment as a matter of law in favor of Mutual Benefit Group and against Eric Parks in this action brought by Mutual Benefit as a result of an…
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0602
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying Petitioner's appeal from an order entered by the Marion County Commission declaring the holographic will of Oras Dye to be void and rescinding…
Date: October 28, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-1032, 21-0015
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0864
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0894
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1157
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0039
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-0515, 20-0516, 20-0612, 20-0710
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0946
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1012
Date: October 13, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0073
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-0410, 20-0352
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0897
Date: October 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0789
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0418
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0419
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0460
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0535
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0623
Date: October 4, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0666
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0324
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0495
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0840
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0285
Date: October 1, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0297
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0251
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0309
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0323
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0327
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0329
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0331
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0342
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0363
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0387
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0391
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0477
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0547
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0811
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0885
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0895
Date: September 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0899
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0969
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0279
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0388
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0389
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0398
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0404
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0406
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0407
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0408
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0416
Date: September 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0554
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0060
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0502
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0840
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1145
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0006
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0009
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0011
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0051
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0090
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0128
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0129
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0154
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0223
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0244
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0255
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0318
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0340
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0517
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0518
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0528
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0604
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0615
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0620
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0660
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0757
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0787
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0864
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0888
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0926
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0045
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0057
Date: August 27, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0141
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0064
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0095
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0170
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0172
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0206
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0277
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0287
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0290
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0298
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0302
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0367
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0368
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0472
Date: July 19, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0560
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 18-0479
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1150
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1191
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1193
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0188
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0208
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0213
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0274
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0281
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0284
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0288
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0291
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0299
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0301
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0303
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0322
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0341
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0353
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0356
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0366
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0393
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0471
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0523
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0529
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0578
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0605
Date: June 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0681
Date: June 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1158
Date: June 22, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1159
Date: June 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0951
Date: June 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1036
Date: June 22, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1037
Date: June 22, 2021
Docket Numbers: 21-0111, 20-0915
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0171
Date: June 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0171
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the ordered entered by the circuit court granting the motion to dismiss filed by Defendant, the Harrison County Board of Education, and dismissing Plaintiffs'…
Date: June 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1023
Date: June 16, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1023
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted, as moulded, Petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking to direct Respondent, the superintendent of the South Central Regional Jail, to restore him to parole, holding that…
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0785
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court denying Petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that the circuit court failed to provide a meaningful evidentiary hearing and that the circuit…
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-0890, 19-0899
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Numbers: 19-0890, 19-0899
Justia Opinion Summary: In these appeals arising from adverse jury verdicts rendered in separate trials following an automobile accident involving Joseph Jenkins and Tessa Jordan, the Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part, holding…
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0134
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court affirming the decision of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) reversing an order revoking Respondent's driving privileges for driving a motor vehicle…
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1029
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 20-1029
Justia Opinion Summary: In this class action complaint alleging violations of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act the Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition seeking to preclude the circuit court from enforcing its order…
Date: June 15, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0097
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 18-0836
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 18-0836
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0270
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0350
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part and affirmed in part the order of the circuit court concluding that a "subsistence allowance" provided by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) to Natural Resources…
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0350
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0698
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order entered by the circuit court terminating Father's improvement period and terminating his parental rights to his son, M.O., holding that there was no error on the part of the circuit…
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0766
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the West Virginia Public Service Commission ruling that its jurisdiction under state law to regulate a company that was operating in West Virginia solely as a contractor for a…
Date: June 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0929
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1007
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court dismissing Plaintiff's claims against Activate Healthcare, LLC under W. Va. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), holding that the circuit court did not err in concluding that…
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-0041, 20-0042
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-0041, 20-0042
Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated appeals arising from breach of contract litigation between Thomas and Jamie Miller and WesBanco Bank, Inc., the Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's denial of prejudgment interest to the…
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-0308, 20-0401
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decisions of the circuit court in these consolidated cases, holding that the West Virginia Health Care Authority's interpretation of the State Health Plan Home Health Services Standards was…
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0377
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the final order of the circuit court terminating Mother's rights to her infant son in an abuse and neglect proceeding, holding that the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over this…
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-0694, 20-0751
Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated petitions in which Petitioners - Defendants in Opioid Litigation, which included more than eighty lawsuits pending before the Mass Litigation Panel - sought extraordinary relief prohibiting…
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Numbers: 20-0694, 20-0751
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0940
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of prohibition sought by Morgantown Health and Rehabilitation Center, a nursing home, holding that the circuit court erred in applying the statute of limitations contained in the Wrongful…
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0940
Date: June 11, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0945
Date: June 10, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1037
Justia Opinion Summary: In this petition challenging two circuit court rulings the Supreme Court affirmed the ruling dismissing Petitioner's writ of prohibition and reversed the monetary sanction the circuit court imposed on Petitioner's…
Date: June 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0037
Date: June 8, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0037
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court affirming the order of the family court, which crafted a reunification plan with the goal of allowing grandparent of visitation to Respondents, the paternal…
Date: June 4, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0888
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court concluding that the right of first refusal in a deed conveying land from the grantor to the grantee but containing a clause granting the grantee to give a…
Date: June 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0226
Date: June 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0829
Date: June 3, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0912
Date: June 3, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0090
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of prohibition sought by Petitioner requesting the Supreme Court to issue a writ of prohibition to prevent the Honorable Paul Farrell, Judge of the Circuit Court of Cabell County, from…
Date: June 2, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1102
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting and sentencing Defendant for first-degree robbery, holding that Defendant's assignments of error did not merit relief. Defendant and his girlfriend…
Date: June 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0020
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the decision of the circuit court affirming the family court's determination that Respondent was the legal father of Child, holding that the circuit court erred in upholding the family court's…
Date: June 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0201
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the circuit court's termination of Mother's parental rights to her infant child, who died during the pendency of these abuse and neglect proceedings, holding that W. Va. Code 49-4-604(c)(6)…
Date: June 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0487
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court refusing to compel arbitration in this case alleging violations of the West Virginia Human Rights Act, W. Va. Code 5-11-1 to -20, holding that the West…
Date: June 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0532
Justia Opinion Summary: In this legal malpractice action, the Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court effectively granting summary judgment to Defendants, holding that the circuit court did not err in concluding that the…
Date: June 2, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0784
Date: June 2, 2021
Docket Number: 21-0051
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied the writ of mandamus sought by Petitioner, Chair of the Wayne County Republican Executive Committee, compelling James C. Justice, II, Governor of West Virginia, to select Derrick Evans'…
Date: June 1, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1077
Justia Opinion Summary: In this premises liability case, the Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court dismissing Plaintiff's complaint, holding that the circuit court plainly erred in making factual determinations based upon…
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0987
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1080
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1134
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0106
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0131
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0138
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0156
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0198
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0273
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0276
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0289
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0468
Date: May 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0745
Date: May 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0395
Date: May 17, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0410
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition seeking to vacate the circuit court's order denying Petitioners' motion to dismiss the underlying suit for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, holding that the circuit…
Date: May 14, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1046
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court sentencing Petitioner to a determinate term of give years in the penitentiary for his felony conviction of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and an…
Date: May 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0185
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying C.R.'s motion to modify a provision in final adoption orders prohibiting visitation between her adoptive children and R.R., her former husband, holding…
Date: May 14, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0961
Date: May 10, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0906
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition directing the circuit court to transfer venue of this third-party medical negligence action from Tucker County to Monongalia County, holding that this cause of action arose…
Date: May 6, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0236
Date: April 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0738
Date: April 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0793
Date: April 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1030
Date: April 26, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1039
Date: April 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0320
Date: April 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0338
Date: April 26, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0354
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0094
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0407
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the rulings of the circuit court determining that the civil provisions of the West Virginia Wage Payment and Collection Act (WPCA), W. Va. Code 21-5-3, had not been recognized by the Supreme…
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0802
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court vacating the finding of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources of maltreatment by Respondent as to her son, holding that the circuit court…
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0802
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1174
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0139
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0158
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0272
Date: April 23, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0608
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-0916
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1010
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1048
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1103
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 19-1122
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0146
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0209
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0295
Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit granting summary judgment for Defendants on all claims contained in Plaintiffs' second amended complaint seeking class certification, relief in mandamus, lost wages,…
Date: April 20, 2021
Docket Number: 20-0768
