In this closely watched case, the Supreme Court substantially reduced a jury's verdict against a nursing home, but still upheld $4.6 million in compensatory damages and $32 million in punitive damages.

Supreme Court holds that tort claims for criminal conversation and adultery are no longer viable in West Virginia.

Supreme Court concludes that billing practices of PSC-regulated utilities are excluded from West Virginia's consumer laws.

Whether or not Schoolhouse could keep its implied indemnity case alive even though only claims involving some fault against Schoolhouse were left (it could not). Alternatively, whether it was true that only direct claims against Schoolhouse were left (it was true).