Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia Decisions 2023

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Cara B. v. Brandon B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0212

Kevin Miller v. Grant County Mulch, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0228

State of West Virginia v. Caleb A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0290

State of West Virginia v. Clinton Frederick Knotts (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0421

Lisa G. Lilly v. The Huntington National Bank (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-553

Lloyd M. Dillon v. Robert Starcher (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-583

Elizabeth Crawford v. City of Charleston (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-615

In re C.R., B.R., R.R., A.R., W.R., J.L., and U.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 22-948

State of West Virginia ex rel. R.W. Jr. v. The Honorable Bridget Cohee, Judge of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, and the State of West Virginia (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 17, 2023
Docket Number: 23-213

Todd Jarell v. Frontier West Virginia, Inc., Daniel Jordan, and Michael Linkous (Separate)
Date: November 13, 2023
Docket Number: 20-0040

Jarell v. Frontier W. Va., Inc. (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 20-0040

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Petitioner's claim alleging that Respondents Frontier West Virginia, Inc. and its supervisory employees wrongfully discharged him after he reported…

Robert Hood v. Lincare Holdings, Inc. (Separate)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0754

State v. Maichle (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0943

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the sentencing order of the circuit court and remanded this case with instructions to dismiss Petitioner's conviction for malicious assault and resentence him on the remaining charges, holding…

State of West Virginia v. Ward (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0211

Justia Opinion Summary: Ward, charged with felony possession of a firearm by a prohibited person, moved to suppress evidence under the Fourth Amendment. He alleged that Raleigh County Sheriff’s Officers arrived at his mother’s residence,…

State of West Virginia v. Charles Eric Ward (Separate)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0211

State of West Virginia v. Hagerman (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0219

Justia Opinion Summary: Hagerman used a shotgun to kill his former brother-in-law, while drinking with friends at Hagerman’s home. Charged with first-degree murder, he argued self-defense. After his conviction for second-degree murder, a…

State of West Virginia v. Shane Eric Hagerman (Separate)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0219

In re Z.S.-1 (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-0478, 22-602

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the circuit court terminating the parental rights of Father and Mother two their two minor children, holding that numerous procedural errors substantially affected the integrity of…

In re B.H., R.H., and M.M. and In re B.H., R.H., and M.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-678, 22-680

State of West Virginia v. Ballard (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-779, 22-781

Justia Opinion Summary: Bailey, an RN employed by MMBH, West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) psychiatric facility, alleges that he intervened when M.C., a patient with a known history of self-harm, attempted to harm…

In re S.B. and A.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 9, 2023
Docket Number: 22-798

Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. James M. Pierson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0590

Robert Hood v. Lincare Holdings, Inc. (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0754

Hood v. Lincare Holdings, Inc. (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0754

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the West Virginia Workers' Compensation Board of Review affirming an ALJ's denial of Robert Hood's application for workers' compensation benefits, holding that there was no…

Justin Hart v. Panhandle Cleaning and Restoration, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0853

State of West Virginia v. Charles Lee Finley (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0023

Launi v. Hampshire County Prosecuting Attorney's Office (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0111

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court in this case alleging malicious prosecution, civil conspiracy, and abuse of process claims against certain officials involved in Petitioner's prosecution for…

Sager v. Duvert (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0158

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents in this medical negligence suit brought pursuant to the West Virginia Medical Professional Liability Act,…

Jayson Nicewarner, et al. v. The City of Morgantown (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0185

Nicewarner v. City of Morgantown (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0185

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the order of the circuit court finding that the City of Morgantown had incorrectly calculated compensation for Petitioners, fifty-four current and former…

Trivett v. Summers County Commission (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0202

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the judgment of the circuit court granting Respondents' motion to dismiss the underlying complaint on the ground that it had not been timely filed and ruling that…

Barbara Stine Trivett, Administratrix of the Estate of Jasper Trivett v. Summers County Commission d/b/a Summers County Office of Emergency Management and Carmen Cales (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0202

Stephen M. Hood v. Linda Hood, Individually and as the Executrix of the Estate of Dorothy Hood and as the Executrix of the Estate of Jeffrey E. Hood (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0214

The Board of Education of the County of Wyoming v. Mary Dawson (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0234

Bd. of Education of County of Wyoming v. Dawson (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0234

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court affirming the decision of the West Virginia Public Employees Grievance Board granting the grievance brought by Respondent, a school bus driver, reinstating her to…

State of West Virginia v. David Ray Thomas (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0239

State v. Thomas (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0239

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed Petitioner's conviction of sexual assault in the first degree following a jury trial, holding that Petitioner was not entitled to relief on his allegations of error. Specifically, the Supreme…

In re Adoption of L.A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0254

Eugene F. Boyce and Kimberly D. Boyce v. Monongahela Power Company, et al. (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0292

Boyce v. Monongahela Power Co. (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0292

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of Respondents, the owners of electrical and communication lines that electrocuted Eugene Boyce (Petitioner), in this…

Wingett v. Challa (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-567

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court answered in the affirmative a certified question brought to it by the circuit court, concluding that a healthcare provider who was named in a complaint but voluntarily dismissed as a party is an…

Darrell Wingett and Carol Wingett v. Kishore K. Challa, M.D. (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-567

In re C.L., A.L.-1, A.L.-2, and A.L.-3 (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-623

In re C.L. (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-623

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the dispositional orders of the circuit court terminating Father's parental rights to his four children, holding that the circuit court erroneously failed to follow the process established by…

In re B.P. (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-698

In re B.P. (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-698

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court adjudicating Petitioner as a neglectful parent because of his failure to provide for B.P.'s basic needs due to Petitioner's absence from her life as a result of…

In re N.W. (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-733, 22-734

Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated abuse and neglect appeals the Supreme Court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction Mother's appeal and affirmed the judgment of the circuit court terminating Father's parental rights to baby N.W.,…

Westfield Insurance Co. v. Sistersville Tank Works, Inc. (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-848

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court concluded that under the continuous-trigger theory, when an insurance claim is made by alleging a progressive injury caused by chemical exposure or other analogous toxic, injurious substance, damages…

Westfield Insurance Company v. Sistersville Tank Works, Inc., Robert N. Edwards, E. Jane Price, Douglas Steele, Carol Steele, Gary Thomas Sandy, Peggy P. Sandy, Reagle & Padden, Inc., and David C. Padden (Separate)
Date: November 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-848

State v. Folse (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0972

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court dismissing Petitioner's appeal from his plea of no contest to obstructing an officer on the basis that Petitioner's no-contest plea in magistrate court resolved…

Chafin v. Boal (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0010

Justia Opinion Summary: In the underlying case asserting claims of accounting malpractice the Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Petitioners' Rule 59(e) motion to amend or alter the court's order granting partial…

State v. White (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0197

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court finding that Petitioner violated the conditions of his supervised release and revoking his supervised release and sentencing him to a two-year term in prison,…

Kanawha County Bd. of Education v. Hall (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0831

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the final order of the circuit court reversing a decision of the West Virginia Public Employees Grievance Board and finding that Respondents, educational sign language interpreters who worked…

State of West Virginia v. Leslie G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0210

Frazier v. Ramadan (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0223

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the circuit court reversing the final order of the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) upholding Respondent's administrative driver's license revocation for a period of five…

Elliott Grisell and Lorri Grisell v. Shelly & Sands, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0341

State of West Virginia v. Candice T. Salmons (Memorandum Decision)
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0424

In re Adoption of R.L. (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0766

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying the petition brought by Petitioners, Mother and Stepfather, to allow Stepfather to adopt R.L., a minor child, holding that W. Va. Code 48-22-306(a) does…

State v. Todd C. (Signed Opinion)
Date: November 1, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0969, 22-0278

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the amended sentencing order and the denial of Petitioner's motion for a judgment of acquittal, holding that there was no error in Petitioner's convictions or sentences. Petitioner was…

State v. Hall (Signed Opinion)
Date: October 30, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0904

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court sentencing Petitioner to ten to twenty-five years' imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to second-degree sexual assault, holding that the circuit court's…

In re H.M. and L.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-832

Chalifoux v. W. Va. Dep't of Health & Human Resources (Signed Opinion)
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0902

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders entered by the circuit court granting summary judgment to Defendants in the underlying action brought after investigators identified unsafe, non-sterile injection techniques, holding…

Sandy M. v. Donald M. (Signed Opinion)
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0036

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the circuit court declaring Respondent as the owner in fee of all of the property and appurtenances of the property in dispute in this case, holding that the circuit court did…

In re: B.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-769

In re M.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-770

In re A.V. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-772

In re A.V. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-773

In re A.V. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-795

In re S.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-815

In re J.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-820

In re E.S., B.R., and J.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-826

In re K.U. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-837

In re J.J.-1 and J.J.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-838

In re P.P. and W.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-841

In re M.E. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-850

In re T.D., R.D., and J.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-851

In re W.H. and B.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-856

In re G.M., A.M., and J.C.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-871

In re T.D., R.D., and J.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-880

In re A.N. and A.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-885

In re K.K. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-892

In re J.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-946

In re K.J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 23-230

In re A.M. and M.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 23-242

In re H.P. and L.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 23-274

In re M.B., L.B., and K.B.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 25, 2023
Docket Number: 23-395

Mark A. Hinson v. Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0120

James P. May v. B E T, LTD (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 23, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0121

State of West Virginia ex rel. Robert Hooff v. The Honorable Ronald E. Wilson, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, and The Estate of Sylvia Peace, By and Through Tony Peace, Executor, and E. Phillips Polack (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 20, 2023
Docket Number: 23-53

West Virginia Division of Highways v. Matthew Sturgell (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0918

Lee Sartin Trucking Co., Inc. v. Larry Workman (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0063

Steven R. Raynes v. Kingston Mining, Inc., C/O ANR (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0073

Glenn Rexroad, Jr. v. West Virginia Office of Insurance Commissioner, Commissioner and Gladwell Enterprises, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0115

Deborah Harrison v. Greg Hockin, Greg's Restaurant (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0133

Kenneth C. Basham v. Blue Creek Mining (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0165

Jessica Calloway v. Plant Essentials, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0186

Teresa Gosling v. Lifepoint Hospitals, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0248

Samuel Williamson v. Kanawha Stone Company, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0282

Larry Bert Gray v. Performance Coal Company, C/O ANR (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 19, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0303

West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission and David Price, Executive Director v. J.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0836

State of West Virginia v. Alexander Thomas Infante (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1039

Lawyer Disciplinary Board v. J. Steven Hunter, a member of the West Virginia State Bar (Signed Opinion)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0123

State of West Virginia v. Gino Renaldo Estep (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0150

State of West Virginia v. Darius Jamal Porter (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0159

Michelle L. Markovich v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources and West Virginia Division of Personnel (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0327

State of West Virginia v. Joseph Stephens (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0355

Lotta M. Gray v. State of West Virginia and the Honorable Harry L. Snow, Magistrate of Berkeley County (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0367

State of West Virginia v. Godfrey Eugene Warren (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0369

S.U. v. Central Atlantic Legal Group, PLLC, dba Booth, Strange, & Daniel, and J.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0441

State of West Virginia v. Elmer M. Mills (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0465

Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital Association, Inc., dba Thomas Memorial Hospital and THS Physician Partners, Inc. v. West Virginia Health Care Authority and Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0473

Jerry Lee Key v. William K. Marshal III, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0496

State of West Virginia v. Danny R. Schoolcraft (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-566

State of West Virginia v. Trevor H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-608

Anthony C. v. Sarah C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: October 18, 2023
Docket Number: 22-637

State v. Finley (Signed Opinion)
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0023

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated Defendant's conviction of attempt to possess pseudoephedrine in an altered state and remanded this case for further proceedings, holding that the circuit court plainly erred by finding a factual…

Freeland v. Marshall (Signed Opinion)
Date: October 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0109

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying Petitioner's requested writ of mandamus against Respondent, the Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, holding that…

Jennifer W. v. Michael W. (Signed Opinion)
Date: October 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0897

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court affirming the judgment of the family court awarding Jennifer W. $10,000 of spousal support, payable over twelve months, holding that the family court's award of…

Kanawha County Board of Education v. S.D. (Signed Opinion)
Date: September 29, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0028

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court dismissed this appeal of the circuit court's orders, the latter of which denied Appellants' motion for summary judgment, in this action alleging that Petitioners acted negligently in their handling of…

In re L.B., K.S., and J.N. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-663

In re N.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-681

In re A.M. and K.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-783

In re E.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-732

In re A.U. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-788

Lacy B. v. Chase W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0128

In re S.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-673

In re J.J.-1 and J.J.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-684

In re S.B. and K.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-686

In re A.F. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-687

In re L.T., G.R., M.R., J.M., X.M., A.M., M.M., and I.T. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-692

In re M.C. and H.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-696

In re J.A., M.A.-1, L.A., and S.A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-699

In re A.R. and Z.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-708

In re S.K. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-709

In re L.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-729

In re A.Y., L.Y. and P.Y. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-731

In re L.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-755

In re D.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-767

In re S.H.-1, S.H.-2, and S.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-778

In re H.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-780

In re K.E. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-782

In re L.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-784

In re J.D. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-785

In re H.D. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-796

In re O.R. and E.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-802

In re T.G.-1, T.G.-2, and K.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-807

In re O.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-825

In re M.W.-1 and C.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-829

In re L.t., J.T.-1, and B.T. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-840

In re K.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-842

In re B.T.-1, B.T.-2, K.T. and B.T.-3 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 20, 2023
Docket Number: 22-855

State of West Virginia v. Robert Kramerage (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0630

Steven Gration v. Contura Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0949

Murray American Energy, Inc. v. Garrett Arms (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 19, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0968

State of West Virginia v. Matthew S. Dixon (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0678

The Estate of David Moore v. Joy Moore (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0768

Michael J. Durkee v. Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0966

Robert C. Kroner v. Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0997

Joseph Horn v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1028

State of West Virginia v. Donna L. Wilfong (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0015

Chadwick West v. Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0017

State of West Virginia v. Roger Allen Pettry (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0022

State of West Virginia v. Robert Hayes (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0034

R.H. v. A.H. and F.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0069

State of West Virginia v. Dylan R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0072

State of West Virginia v. Chester Robert Ulysses Lilly III (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0079

Omar Deonte Lewis v. Russell Maston, Superintendent, Saint Marys Correctional Center (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0104

State of West Virginia v. Davis S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0113

Timothy C. v. Shawn Straughn, Superintendent, Northern Correctional Center (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0147

State of West Virginia v. Charles Wesley Wild (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0153

Michael V. v. Shelby Searls, Superintendent, Huttonsville Correctional Center (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0160

William Christopher Jordan v. Harvey Hawkins, Superintendent, Central Regional Jail (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0161

In re S.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0164

Jeremy B. Vaughn v. Ryan J. Flanigan and Flanigan Law Office (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0183

Lisa Marie Kerr v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0253

State of West Virginia v. Edward Y. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0267

State of West Virginia v. David Eugene Eakle (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0287

State of West Virginia v. Tremale Leon Straughter (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0291

In re M.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0357

State of West Virginia v. Christopher James Cody (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0363

Sharon C. Anderson v. Judy Wright and Michael Crites (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0382

State of West Virginia v. David J. Markley (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0472

James M. Pierson v. Rodney Lee Miles, Christie L. Lucas, Danny M. Lucas, Individually and d/b/a Rock Quarry Stables and Horse Rehab, and Rock Quarry Stables, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0501

Angelina Dix v. Justice Family Group, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0734

Nathan R. Clagg v. Constellium Rolled Products (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0744

AK Steel Corporation v. Michele Stiles, widow of Timothy Stiles (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0747

Eva Spears, widow of Denvil Spears v. Vision Coal Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0824

Clovis B. Lawless v. Community Trust Bancorp (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0833

Kevin Owens v. Contour Highway Holdings (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0854

Terri L. Becca v. Eagle Manufacturing Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0855

Tracey N. Lambert v. Contura Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0868

Sherri L. Brewer v. Davis-Stuart, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0919

Wesley G. Cook v. Arch Coal, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0928

Joe W. Panuccio v. Boy Scouts of America (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0929

Preston M. Kennedy v. Mission Coal Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0930

Stacie L. Erwin v. Charleston Lincoln Mercury (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0933

Jeffrey M. Hill v. Murray American Energy (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0936

Chad Tyree v. State Electric Supply Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0939

Chad Tyree v. State Electric Supply Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0941

Marion County Coal Resources, Inc. v. Terri Stansberry (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0942

Donna Walls, widow of Rocky Walls v. Brayman Construction (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0947

Robin Moore v. Wal-Mart Associates, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0948

Coronado Coal Corporation v. Roger D. Muncy, Jr. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0979

Bruce E. Waugh v. APG Polytech, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0988

Tara A. Lambert v. American Bottling Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0996

Pamela H. Beavers v. McDowell County BOE (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1005

Darrell E. McDaniel v. ANR, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1006

Travis Williams v. WV American Water Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1013

Coronado Group, LLC v. Roger D. Muncy Jr. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1021

Johnnie E. Stafford v. Murray Metallurgical Holdings (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1026

Billy Trent v. Coronado Group, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1047

Robert Walker v. Globe Specialty Metals (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0019

Brian K. Skidmore v. United Parcel Service (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0030

Charles D. Keaton v. WVOIC and Armco, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0060

Blackhawk Mining, LLC v. Richard Blankenship (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0065

Earl Kenneda, Jr., v. United Coal Company, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0127

Terry Stewart v. Wolseley Investments, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: September 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0215

In re G.G. (Separate)
Date: June 21, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0365

Steven Hunter and DeEtta King Hunter v. Paula Blankenship, as trustee of the Paula Blankenship 2012 revocable Trust Dated February 21, 2012, and Fathom Realty, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0230

State of West Virginia v. Michael Faulkner (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0077

Casto v. Frazier (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0371

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court affirming the order entered by the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) upholding the administrative revocation of Petitioner's driver's license for driving…

Clint Casto v. Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicle (Separate)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0371

Robert D. Toler v. Cornerstone Hospital of Hungintgon, LLC (Separate)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0830

Toler v. Cornerstone Hospital of Huntington, LLC (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0830

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the orders of the circuit court entering judgment on a jury verdict in favor of Cornerstone Hospital of Huntington, LLC in this lawsuit brought by Petitioner seeking damages for injuries he…

Wesbanco Bank, Inc. v. Ellifritz (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0913

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court determining that Bank breached its contract with Respondent by refusing to tender payment upon Respondent's presentation of an an original unendorsed money market…

Wesbanco Bank, Inc. v. Crystal Gayle Ellifritz (Separate)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0913

Frazier v. Briscoe (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0991, 21-0990

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court finding that Defendant had not been lawfully arrested without a warrant and thus reversing the decisions of the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV)…

Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles v. Steve Briscoe (Separate)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0991, 21-0990

Justice Holdings, LLC v. Glade Springs Village Property Owners Ass'n (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0002

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part and vacated in part the decision of the circuit court determining that the Uniform Common Interest Ownership Act (Uniform Act) applied to the Glade Springs Village (GSV) community and…

Justice Holdings, LLC v. Glade Springs Village Property Owners Association, Inc. (Separate)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0002

State of West Virginia v. Tammy Gray (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0082

Collingwood Appalachian Minerals III, LLC v. Erlewine (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-0139, 21-0140

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court granting summary judgment for Respondent in this action claiming that Respondent owned fifty percent interest in the oil and gas estate Petitioners purchased…

Collingwood Appalachian Minerals III, LLC, Oxy USA, Inc., Collingwood Appalachian Minerals I, LLC, and WACO Oil & Gas Co, Inc. v. Richard L. Erlewine (Separate)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-0139, 21-0140, 22-0140

In re: S.C., K.R., E.H. (Separate)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0419

In re S.C. (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0419

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court dismissing the underlying abuse and neglect petition against Father and remanded for the circuit court to adjudicate him as a neglectful parent, holding that the…

State of West Virginia ex rel. Gabriel Devono and The Board of Education of Randloph County v. The Honorable David H. Wilmoth, Judge of the Circuit Court of Randolph Coutny, Sherman Arbogast, and Marlene Arbogast (Separate)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0480

State ex rel. Devono v. Honorable Wilmoth (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0480

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted in part and denied in part a writ requested by Petitioners prohibiting the Honorable David H. Wilmoth, Judge of the Circuit Court of Randolph County, from enforcing its order denying…

Frazier v. Gaither (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0726

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court affirming an order entered by the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) reinstating Respondent's personal driver's license and commercial driver's license after…

W. Va. Land Resources, Inc. v. American Bituminous Power Partners, LP (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 14, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0885, 21-0845, 21-0893

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) modifying an "Underground Injection Control Permit" issued to American Bitumious Power Partners, L.P. (Ambit) allowing Ambit to pump or…

Levine v. Rockwool International A/S (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1015

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court enforcing a settlement agreement between Petitioner and Respondents, holding that the circuit court erred when it found that the parties entered into a settlement…

David A. Levine v. Rockwool International A/S, Bjorn Rici Andersen, Jefferson County Prosperity, Inc., Roxul USA, Inc., Daniel Casto, Raymond J. Bruning, and Steven Stolipher (Separate)
Date: June 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1015

Thomas Menei v. Karen Pszczolkowski, Superintendent, Northern Regional Correctional Center (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0116

Joshawa Clark v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0167

Murrray American Energy, Inc. v. Francis E. Szalay (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0570

Marion D. Helmandollar v. Blackhawk Mining, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0597

M.H. v. Brooks Run South Mining (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0659

Jess Shaffer v. West Virginia University (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0662

State of West Virginia v. Herman D. Cotlett (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0713

Mark A. Hinson v. Chicago Bridge & Iron Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0739

Bobby J. Rose v. Huntington Alloys Corporation (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0743

M.G. v. Strike, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0745

Brenda Cox v. Nicholas County Board of Education (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0755

Blue Creek Mining v. Richard Lambert (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0762

Samuel Goodson v. Fayette County Board of Education (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0781

Asplundh Tree Expert Company v. Jerry Cottrill (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0786

Adam Q. Farley v. Appalachian Aggregates, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0800

WVOIC & RNG Service Co. v. Jeffrey J. Johns (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0811

Lewis Kelly Dailey v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0882

Restone International, Inc. v. J.F. Allen Company, AMEC Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure, Inc., Mark West Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0934

Brian Merchant v. R.S. Mutter, Superintendent, Stevens Correctional Center (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0940

James Joseph LaRosa, Leigh Ann LaRosa, Pottsville Engergy, LLC, and GC1, LLC v. David R. Rexroad and Fair Skies Corporation (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0958

Eric Kell v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0978

State of West Virginia v. Richard C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1018

State of West Virginia ex rel. Juan M. v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0011

Antero Resources Corporation v. Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, Joseph Romano, Assessor of Harrison County, and The County Commission of Harrison County, sitting as the Board of Assessment Appeals and Antero Resources Corporation v. Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, Arlene Mossor, Assessor of Ritchie County, and Ritchie County Commission and Antero Resources Corporation v. Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, Joseph R. Romano, Assessor of Harrison County, and the County Commission of Harrison County and Antero Resources Corporation v. Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, David Sponaugle, Assessor of Doddridge County, and Doddridge County Commission and Antero Resources Corporation v. Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, David Sponaugle, Assessor of Doddridge County, and County Commission of Doddridge County and Antero Resources Corporation v. Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, Lisa Jackson, Assessor of Tyler County, and The County Commission of Tyler County sitting as the Board of Assessment Appeals (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-0048, 22-0049, 22-0050, 22-0051, 22-0052, 22-0144

Justina Gabbert v. Richard T. Coyne Trust (Separate)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0074

Gabbert v. Richard T. Coyne Trust (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0074

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the ruling of the circuit court dismissing Petitioner's complaint seeking declaratory relief regarding the ownership of real property located in Martinsburg, holding that the circuit court did…

In re A.R.P. and A.R.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0084

Julian Anthony Scardina v. Jason Collins, Superintendent, Denmar Correctional Center (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0091

Loyd Franklin Ransom, Jr. v. Guardian Rehabilitation Services, Inc. and Guardian Elder Care at Fairmont (Separate)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0094

Ransom v. Guardian Rehabilitation Services, Inc. (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0094

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court granting summary judgment in favor of Employer in this action brought by Employee for wrongful discharge under the West Virginia Business Liability Protection Act…

State of West Virginia v. John William Robinette (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0107

State of West Virginia v. Bruce Edward Bird, Jr. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0119

Jay Folse v. G. Russell Rollyson, Jr. and John B. McCuskey (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0130

Jay Folse v. G. Russell Rollyson, Jr. and John B. McCuskey, in his official capacity as West Virginia State Auditor (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0169

Clayton Eugene Eagle v. George Trent, Superintendent, Prunytown Correctional Center (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0198

State of West Virginia v. Davide Laquan Hudson, Jr. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0203

Galen Hansen v. Pierpont Community and Technical College Board of Governors, and Fairmont State University Board of Governors (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0269

Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia DIvision of Motor Vehicles v. Michael G. Moore (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0284

In re E.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0300

State of West Virginia v. Donnyel Simmons (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0306

In re G.N., L.N., and A.N. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0312

Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles v. Brian Ettinger (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0352

In re B.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0368

In re K.A., N.A., and J.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0426

Jay Folse v. G. Russell Rollyson, Jr. and John B. McCuskey (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0430

Brian Ettinger v. Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0431

In re S.D., W.T., E.S., and J.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0481

In re B.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0482

In re G.P. and E.P. and In re G.P. and E.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-591, 22-730

In re R.C. and D.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 22-622

The State of West Virginia ex rel. The State of West Virginia (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 13, 2023
Docket Number: 23-97

WW Consultants, Inc. v. Pocahontas County Public Service District (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0485

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed in part the judgment of the business court disposing of WW Consultants, Inc.'s (WWC) claims for contractual indemnity in favor of third-party defendants but affirmed in part as to the denial of…

WW Consultants, Inc. v. Pocahontas County Public Service District, and A-3 USA, Inc., Orders Construction Company, Inc., and Pipe Plus, Inc. (Separate)
Date: June 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0485

State v. Reeder (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0554

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court answered a certified question that a jury's failure unanimously to decide the recommendation of mercy does not allow the circuit court to impose a sentence of life imprisonment required for a conviction…

State ex rel. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. v. Honorable Thompson (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0439

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition in this original jurisdiction case prohibiting the circuit court from enforcing its order denying Petitioner's motion to dismiss the amended complaint brought by…

State of West Virginia ex rel. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. D/B/A Women and Children's Hospital v. The Honorable Miki J. Thompson, Judge of the Circuit Court of Mingo County, West Virginia; Angela Lester; Denny Seth Lester; Mounts Funeral Home, Inc (Separate)
Date: June 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0439

State ex rel. Del. Tribe of Indians v. Honorable Nowicki-Eldridge (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-787

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court granted a writ of prohibition precluding the circuit court from enforcing its September 30, 2022 order denying the Delaware Tribe of Indians' motion to transfer the underlying abuse and neglect…

State of West Virginia ex rel. The Delaware Tribe of Indians, Intervenor v. The Honorable Stacy Nowicki-Eldridge, Judge of the Circuit Court of Boone County, K.A. and E.A., Intervenor and Prospective Kinship Placement of I.R., M.J.-1, and M.J.-2, Proposed (Separate)
Date: June 12, 2023
Docket Number: 22-787

State v. Kessler (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0674

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the sentencing Petitioner consecutively to a definite term of forty years' imprisonment for first-degree robbery, one to ten years' imprisonment for grand larceny, one to fifteen years'…

State of West Virginia v. Jaquaylla Kessler (Separate)
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0674

State v. Jackson (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0738

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed Defendant's four felony convictions stemming from an incident resulting in a shooting death, holding that the admission of certain evidence prejudiced Defendant, requiring remand for a new…

State of West Virginia v. Tremaine Lamar Jackson (Separate)
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0738

State of West Virginia v. Henry Jo Ward (Separate)
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0806

State v. Ward (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0806

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part Defendant's conviction of attempted murder in the second degree and other crimes, holding that the principles of double jeopardy were violated by Defendant's…

W. Va. Division of Corrections & Rehabilitation v. Robbins (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0905, 21-0906

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed in part and reversed in part the order of the circuit court denying motions to dismiss this tort action brought against correction officers Bryon Whetzel and Isaiah Blancarte and West Virginia…

West Virginia Division of Corrections & Rehabilitation v. Damein Robbins (Separate)
Date: June 9, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0905, 21-0906

Speedway LLC v. Jarrett (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0215

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court concluding that Speedyway LLC was partially at fault for the death of Kevin Jarrett, holding that the circuit court erred in concluding that Speedway had a legal…

Edward S. v. Raleigh County Housing Authority (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0888

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court concluding that the Raleigh County Housing Authority (RCHA) was entitled to qualified immunity in the underlying wrongful death and negligence action, holding…

Blair v. Brunett (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0070

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court granting Respondents' motion for a preliminary injunction in the circuit court seeking to enjoin Petitioners from creating "any West Virginia Professional Charter…

In re H.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0345

In re G.G. (Separate)
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0365

In re G.G. (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0365

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the circuit court denying Petitioners' motion to intervene in this abuse and neglect case involving their niece, G.G., holding that the circuit court did not err in denying the…

In re A.T.-1 (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-0384, 22-0387, 22-0388

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the circuit court terminating the parental rights of Mother and Father after issuing a ruling adjudicating them as abusive and neglectful, holding that the circuit court lacked…

State of West Virginia ex rel Mountaineer Gas Company v. The Honorable R. Craig Tatterson, Judge of the Circuit Court of Roane County, West Virginia; the Estate of Cory Colton Keith Carper; Christopher K. Carper and Amanda J. Carper; Sandra K. Carper, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Cory Colton Keith Carper; Susan F. Foraker; and Susan Armstead, Individually and with Joshua D. Armstead, as Parents and Next Friends of Elijah J. Armstead; a Minor (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-639

State ex rel. W. Va. Division of Corrections & Rehabilitation v. Honorable Ferguson (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-777

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied a writ of prohibition sought by the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (DCR) that would effectively dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit filed against it by Mary Jane McComas,…

State of West Virginia ex rel. West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation v. Honorable Alfred E. Ferguson, Judge of the Circuit Court of Cabell County, West Virginia and Mary Jane Comas, as Administratrix of the Estate of Deanna R. McDonald (Separate)
Date: June 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-777

State ex rel. West Virginia-American Water Co. v. Honorable Webster (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-658

Justia Opinion Summary: In a putative class action involving a water main break the Supreme Court denied a requested writ of prohibition sought by West Virginia-American Water Company (WVAWC) to preclude enforcement of the circuit court's order…

State of West Virginia ex rel. West Virginia-American Water Company v. The Honorable Carrie L. Webster, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, West Virginia, Richard Jeffries, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; and Colours (Separate)
Date: June 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-658

Martin v. Martin (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 2, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0757, 22-0417

Justia Opinion Summary: In these consolidated appeals from the circuit court relating to the administration of the estate of Shirley Martin and of the trusts established by Carl Martin, Sr. and Shirley Martin the Court of Appeals reversed the…

In re H.D. (Separate)
Date: June 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0464

In re H.D. (Signed Opinion)
Date: June 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0464

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court terminating Mother's parental and custodial rights due to her substance abuse problem, holding that the circuit court did not err in terminating Mother's…

Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles v. Cheryl L. Yoder and Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles v. Cheryl L. Yoder (Memorandum Decision)
Date: June 1, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0568, 22-0112

Firewater Restoration, Inc. v. Tony L. Maroni, Jr. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 30, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0912

Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC v. Ronald R. Miller (Separate)
Date: May 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0007

Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Miller (Signed Opinion)
Date: May 30, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0007

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court finding that Ford Motor Credit Company, LLC failed to meet its evidentiary burden to show the existence of an arbitration agreement in this case surrounding a…

State of West Virginia ex rel. Catie Wilkes Delligatti, Prosecuting Attorney of Berkeley County v. The Honorable Bridget Cohee, Judge of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County, and Lateef Jabrall McGann (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 26, 2023
Docket Number: 22-921

State of West Virginia v. Justin G. Conner (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 23, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0323

The City of Charleston v. Robert Romaine (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0776

J.W. v. Shawn Straughn, Superintendent, Northern Regional Correcional Center (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0330

In re: Petition of C.M.H., for Expungement of Records (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0339

In re C.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-592

In re A.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-624

In re V.T., S.T., T.T., and S.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-627

In re V.T., S.T., T.T., and S.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-633

In re A.C.-1, C.C., and A.C.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-640

In re A.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-641

In re C.P.-1 and I.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-643

In re L.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-651

In re A.M.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-659

In re C.B. and M.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-662

In re K.G.-1 and D.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-689

In re N.F. and D.J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-695

In re D.H., M.C., and A.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-697

In re K.H., E.H., and R.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-703

In re L.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 16, 2023
Docket Number: 22-739

Sowards v. Ames (Signed Opinion)
Date: May 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0536

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court granting in part and denying in part Petitioner's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that there was no error in the circuit court's partial denial…

Mark Sowards v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 15, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0536

Jean Shannon Lane, Alec J. Cable, and Noah D. Cable v. Rossana Cable (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 15, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0146

State of West Virginia v. Michael J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 8, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0190

In re Honorable Williams (Signed Opinion)
Date: May 4, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0878

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court imposed sanctions upon Respondent, the Honorable C. Carter Williams, for his violations of multiple provisions of the Code of Judicial Conduct and the Rules of Professional Conduct, holding that a…

William Harding v. Murray American Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0503

Kevin Lester v. Apogee Coal Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0602

State of West Virginia v. Shane Peck (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0619

Tracy Brownell v. Greenbrier Veterinary Hospital (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0721

Mark Nicholas v. Spartan Mining Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0740

Franklin Coleman v. Spartan Mining Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0741

Danny Perry v. Aracoma Coal Company, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0742

Robert Lilly, Jr. v. Raleigh County Board of Education (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0814

Brent Boggs v. Greylock Marketing, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0935

State of West Virginia v. Elizabeth Jane Justice (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1011

Richard Ojeda v. Rupert Phillips (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0057

In re: The Adoption of M.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0131

Paul Darren Spinks v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0222

State of West Virginia v. Douglas Edward Harper (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0238

West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation v. Billie Taylor (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0263

Thomas E. Scherich, Bertha Scherich, Organe E. Scherich, and Margaret Scherich v. Wheeling Creek Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Commission, a public corporation (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0309

In re: The Adoption of I.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0418

In re G.P. III, J.P., and V.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: May 2, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0507

Mason Louis Cottrell v. Louis Cottrell, Jr., Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC, SWN Production Company, LLC, Jamestown Resources, LLC, Appalachia Midstream Services LLC, and Statoil USA Onshor Properties, Inc., n/k/a Equinor USA Onshore Properties, Inc. (Order)
Date: May 1, 2023
Docket Number: 20-0761

Argus Energy, LLC v. Marenko (Signed Opinion)
Date: May 1, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0209

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the Board of Review (BOR) affirming the finding of the Office of Judges (OOJ) that Respondent's claim for occupational pneumoconiosis benefits against Petitioner was timely,…

State of West Virginia v. Aaron Glenn Hoard (Separate)
Date: April 28, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0764

State v. Hoard (Signed Opinion)
Date: April 28, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0764

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of second-degree murder and sentencing him to a determinate term of forty years following a jury trial, holding that Defendant was not…

State v. Michael C. (Signed Opinion)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0467

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court convicting Defendant of one count of child abuse resulting in serious bodily injury, holding that the circuit court erred in refusing to admit the mother's…

State of West Virginia v. Michael C. (Separate)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0467

Larry Arnold Young v. Glenda Darlene Lawson and Wanda Carol Donahue (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0056

In re H.M., A.M., R.G., N.S.-1, and N.S.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0178

Jeffrey L. Finley v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0245

Christopher Wood v. Joseph Stiles and Noble Roman, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0304

In re J.L. and B.F. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0416

In re N.J., L.J., K.J., and T.J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0450

In re D.N., T.N., L.M., C.N., and F.N. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0474

In re H.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0484

In re K.H.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0502

In re S.M. and K.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0504

In re A.Y. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-551

In re P.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-552

In re M.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-554

In re M.B.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-555

In re K.C., C.C., and C.D. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-556

In re K.H. and J.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-561

In re D.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-574

In re L.H.-1, R.H., and D.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-579

In re A.W.-1 and A.W.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-580

In re D.P., T.M., and N.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-585

In re J.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-597

In re S.L. and E.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-601

In re C.O., M.O., and D.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-605

In re J.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-611

In re A.S., S.S.-1, and J.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-630

In re B.B., L.M., M.M., B.M., E.C.-M., and R.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-638

In re C.W., K.V., and B.W. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-642

In re A.S., S.S., and J.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 25, 2023
Docket Number: 22-645

L&D Investments, Inc. v. Antero Resources Corp. (Signed Opinion)
Date: April 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0613

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court held that the circuit court erred by denying Petitioners' counsel's request for an attorney fee and costs pursuant to the common fund doctrine in the underlying lawsuit involving a quiet title action…

Carl A. v. Deborah A. (Signed Opinion)
Date: April 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0924

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the family court concluding that a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) entered in 2001, rather than a final order of divorce, must control the division of Husband's…

City of Wheeling v. Public Service Comm'n of W. Va. (Signed Opinion)
Date: April 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1001

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the Public Service Commission resolving City of Benwood's complaint about the City of Wheeling's increase in the wholesale rate it charged to Benwood for wholesale sewage treatment…

City of Wheeling v. The Public Service Commission of West Virginia and the City of Benwood (Separate)
Date: April 24, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1001

State v. McDonald (Signed Opinion)
Date: April 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0796

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the order of the circuit court resentencing Petitioner to eighty years of incarceration in connection with his conviction for first-degree robbery, holding that the sentencing court plainly…

War Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. The West Virginia Health Care Authority (Separate)
Date: April 12, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0901

West Virginia Continuing Legal Education Commission v. Gregory J. Campbell, Harrison Paul Case, Matthew Edward DeVore, Christian Alexander Gerencir, Amanda Beth Godwin, Dasha Gorlov, Jeffry H. Hall, Eric Paul Hensil, Holly Wolfe Hinerman, William P. Jones, Erryonna Nichelle Leonard, Mark P. Pellegrin, Anthony F. Reilley, Virginia Shenkan, Joseph G. Troisi and David R. Tyson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 11, 2023
Docket Number: 22-827

State v. Horton (Signed Opinion)
Date: April 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0532

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court sentencing Petitioner to life in prison pursuant to the habitual criminal statute, W. Va. Code 61-11-18, holding that the circuit court did not err. After…

State of West Virginia v. Keith Allen Wood (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0964

Carl L. Blazer v. The Homer Laughlin China Company (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 20-0800

Chapman Corporation v. Teddy Kemp (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0501

David Henry v. Compliance, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0527

Steven Gration v. Contura Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0549

Matthew Lydick v. Murray American Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0565

William Garmella v. Murray American Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0571

Frederick Boggs v. United Coal Company, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0581

Woodrow W. Beckelhimer v. WVOIC / Mountain Explosive Co. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0595

Jeremy Turley v. Blackhawk Mining, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0649

Ronald E. Lucas v. Blue Creek Mining, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0655

William Fragmin v. TC Energy Group, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0660

Murray American Energy, Inc., v. Edward Basham (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0666

State of West Virginia v. Heather Musick (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0669

State of West Virginia v. Kenneth Bernard Nelson (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0797

Tri-County Towing, LLC v. City of Lewisburg (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0920

Daniel Lee Bailes and Elizabeth Ann Bailes v. F. Bruce Tallamy and Cynthia Tallamy (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 21-1008

Glade Springs Village Property Owners Association, Inc. v. Justice Holdings, LLC (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0003

State of West Virginia ex rel. Juan M. v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mount Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0011

Harvey Smith v. Beckley Water Company, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0044

Donald W. and Rachel W., Guardians and Next Friends of E.W. v. Monroe County Board of Education (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0086

Gregory S. Moore, O.D. v. Lawrence M. Minardi, M.D., individually, and Minardi Eye Center, Inc., a West Virginia Corporation (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0187

C.L., as parent and next friend of the minor child, H.L. v. Upshur County Board of Education (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0285

In re M.Y. and C.M. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: April 5, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0493

In re B.V. (Signed Opinion)
Date: April 4, 2023
Docket Numbers: 22-0199, 22-0206

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court vacated the portion of the adjudicatory and dispositional orders culminating in the termination of Petitioners' parental rights to four of the seven children at issue in this case and affirmed the…

Everett Frazier, Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles v. Raymond Burcker and Everett Frazier, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles v. Aaron Powers (Separate)
Date: April 3, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0438, 21-0686

Frazier v. Powers (Signed Opinion)
Date: April 3, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0438, 21-0686

Justia Opinion Summary: West Virginia Code of State Rules 64-10-8, “Blood Analysis; Standards and Methods,” sets forth the standards and methods the West Virginia Bureau of Public Health has established to ensure the accuracy of blood tests…

State ex rel. W. Va. University Hospitals, Inc. v. Honorable Gaujot (Signed Opinion)
Date: March 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0458

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court converted this interlocutory appeal to a petition for a writ of prohibition in this negligence action and granted extraordinary relief, holding that a discretionary writ of prohibition should issue in…

Warrior Oil & Gas, LLC v. Blue Land Services, LLC (Signed Opinion)
Date: March 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0506

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court awarding Respondent damages following a bench trial denying each Petitioner the ability to present a witness at a bench trial on damages, holding that the lower…

Administrator Larry Crawford, individually and in his official capacity, Captain Carl Aldridge, individually and in his official capacity, C.O. Paul Diamond, individually and in his official capacity, C.O. Don Vance, individually and in his official capacity, C.O. David Rodes, individually and in his official capacity, C.O. Joshua Scarberry, individually and in his official capacity, and The West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority v. Michael A. McDonald (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 31, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0732

Oelschlager v. Francis (Signed Opinion)
Date: March 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0784

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's denial of Petitioners' petition for declaratory relief, in which they sought reformation of a 2009 deed due to mutual mistake, and its finding that Respondents were bona…

Katrib v. Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital Ass'n (Signed Opinion)
Date: March 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0843

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Petitioner's complaint stemming from the suspension of his hospital clinical privileges and medical staff membership under W. Va. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(1)…

A. Karim Katrib, M.D. v. Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital Association and Thomas Health System, Inc. (Separate)
Date: March 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0843

War Memorial Hospital v. W. Va. Health Care Authority (Signed Opinion)
Date: March 27, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0901

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court affirming the rules of the West Virginia Health Care Authority (WVHCA) denying War Memorial Hospital, Inc.'s (Hospital) certificate of need exemption…

In re C.M.-1 (Signed Opinion)
Date: March 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0045

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court refusing to adjudicate Father as an abusive and neglectful parent and remanded the case, holding that the circuit court erred in concluding that Father did not…

In re C.M.-1 and C.M.-2 (Separate)
Date: March 27, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0045

Michael F. Witteried v. City Council of the City of Charles Town, A West Virginia Municipal Corporation (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0105

Michael Greene v. Shelby Searls, Superintendent, Huttonsville Correctional Center (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0156

William T. Widmyer v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0175

Brian M. v. Donnie Ames, Superintendent, Mt. Olive Correctional Complex (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0301

In re H.K., B.L., and J.K. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0383

In re M.B., C.H.-1, ad C.H.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0395

In re K.E. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0411

In re H.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0413

In re B.J. and A.J. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0414

In re C.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0446

In re C.C. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0447

In re Z.D.-1, Z.D.-2, Z.L.-1, and Z.L.-2 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0458

In re T.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0461

In re T.G. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0471

In re A.Y. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0499

In re J.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: March 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0508

Precision Pipeline, LLC v. Weese (Signed Opinion)
Date: March 6, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0841

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the order of the circuit court denying Defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint brought by Plaintiff for injuries he sustained in the course and scope of his employment with Defendant,…

State ex rel., ERx, LLC v. Honorable Cramer (Signed Opinion)
Date: March 6, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0386

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court denied Petitioner's petition for a writ of prohibition, holding that the order was insufficient to permit for appellate review. Respondent brought this action against Petitioner alleging negligent…

Federal Insurance Co. v. Neice (Signed Opinion)
Date: March 3, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0735

Justia Opinion Summary: The Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the circuit court concluding that that an insurance policy's "Employer's Liability" exclusion (ELE) was inapplicable to Plaintiff's wrongful death action against Defendant,…

State of West Virginia v. Terry Lee Hughes (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0587

State of West Virginia v. Christina M. Cuddy (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0601

Diane Judy v. Hinkle Trucking, a West Virginia Corporation, Gary Hinkle, Individually and in his capacity as an officer of Hinkle Trucking, Inc, and Travis Hinkle, individually and in his capacity as an officer of Hinkle Trucking, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0101

In re G.A. and M.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 14, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0332

PPG Industries, Inc. v. Douglas L. Steele (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0231

PPG Industries, Inc. v. David O. Wells (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0232

Delores Turner v. Cornerstone Building Brands (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0593

Matthew Lydick v. Murray American Energy, Inc. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 10, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0863

Mark Musick, Assessor of Monongalia County and Matthew R. Irby, West Virginia Tax Commissioner v. Beta Theta Pi Fraternity of WVU, Inc. (Order)
Date: February 9, 2023
Docket Numbers: 21-0517, 21-0521

Colin Bitterfield and Olena Paliasna v. Blackwell Realty, Patrick Blood, Polly Smith and Trevor Sternanko, II (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0733

In re Petition of Douglas Kidd, III, Expungment of Records (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0886

Aron Freeland v. William K. Marshall, III, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 21-0909

Robert Brumfield v. Christina McComas (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0037

In re: J.W.-1, J.W.-2, J.W.-3, H.S. and E.S. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0226

In re R.L. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0310

In re E.R. and C.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0317

In re A.F. and R.S.F.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0325

In re K.P. and D.C.-P (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0335

In re D.W. and R.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0347

In re D.R. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0348

In re R.P., J.P., C.P., M.P., and E.P. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0349

In re W.H., J.H., I.H., and K.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0366

In re A.B., B.H., and D.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0371

In re J.T. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0372

In re B.J. and M.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0379

In re H.A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0385

In re J.D.-1 (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0398

In re P.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0406

In re K.H. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0408

In re C.A. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0409

In re P.B. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0410

In re R.K. (Memorandum Decision)
Date: February 7, 2023
Docket Number: 22-0415

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