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16 Jun 2009, 8:06 am
The West Virginia Supreme Court, writing for the first time on the issue of the propriety of same-sex parenting, granted a writ of prohibition against a trial court's order to remove a foster child from the home of a lesbian... [read post]
5 Sep 2011, 10:00 pm by The Farber Law Group
A West Virginia awarded the family of Dorothy Douglas, who died after serious nursing home neglect, a $91.5M wrongful death settlement. [read post]
12 Aug 2013, 8:32 am by Lebowitz & Mzhen
The West Virginia Supreme Court recently issued a unanimous ruling prohibiting a plaintiff in a personal injury lawsuit from adding additional defendants to a lawsuit after the statute of limitations had expired. [read post]
6 Apr 2023, 5:09 pm by Tom Smith
According to her court papers, by fourth grade Becky “socially transitioned to living and presenting as a girl,” and does so “with the full support of her family. [read post]
20 Jul 2012, 4:55 am by Jeffery Robinette
West Virginia is one of the majority of states that have enacted dram shop liability laws. [read post]
14 Oct 2018, 5:37 am by Jon L. Gelman
An employer owes a duty of care to an employee’s family member who alleges exposure to asbestos from the work clothes of an employee, where the family member alleges the employer’s negligence allowed asbestos fibers to be regularly transported away from the place of employment to the employee’s home.Holding: "In response to a certified question of Virginia law from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of… [read post]
13 Jul 2013, 7:17 pm by CivPro Blogger
Nineteen plaintiff families filed a single complaint against Pfizer and other pharmaceutical companies in state court in West Virginia, alleging that Zoloft caused birth defects to children born of women ingesting it. [read post]
7 Mar 2012, 6:18 am by James Dietz
Supreme Court has rebuffed a West Virginia court’s attempt to carve out an exception to the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA). [read post]
1 Jun 2014, 7:45 am by Schachtman
  According to the Harris Court, the West Virginia shadow of Rule 702 is a rule of “admissibility rather than exclusion. [read post]
30 Mar 2012, 8:36 am by Mike Laszlo
The West Virginia Supreme Court held that such “predispute” arbitration agreements were against West Virginia public policy and therefore unenforceable. [read post]
18 Nov 2008, 10:40 am
The lawsuit, filed by the family in Kanawha Circuit Court, alleges that Heartland of Charleston, a subsidiary of Health Care and Retirement Corp. of America, LLC, failed to properly monitor the 73-year-old resident. [read post]
9 Jul 2011, 1:23 pm
That is when families typically turn to a West Virginia personal injury attorney and file a lawsuit in court. [read post]
3 Sep 2009, 1:46 am
Yesterday, I wrote here about a West Virginia court that ordered a hospital to continue treating a brain dead patient. [read post]
28 Feb 2012, 2:54 am by Victoria VanBuren
The underlying litigation involves three negligence lawsuits brought by family members of patients who have died in West Virginia nursing homes. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 4:50 am by Ray Mullman
  The West Virginia Record had articles about the lawsuits against SAVA and Canyon Sudar Partners. [read post]
11 Jan 2012, 8:00 am by ADR Times
It’s unclear how many families are willing to settle and how many intend to go to court. [read post]
Just days later, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia reached a similar conclusion, eliminating the tort of criminal conversation, but for more sensible reasons. [read post]
30 Jul 2012, 6:31 pm
In Lester's case, his West Virginia criminal defense attorney is a public defender. [read post]
9 Oct 2020, 8:59 am by Patricia Salkin
Schaeffer was counsel to Calvary Baptist Church in the trial court and the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. [read post]