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State ex rel. North River Insurance Company v. Chafin
By jstoneking on Apr 1st, 2014Argument Preview
Monongalia County Commission v. Johnson
By jstoneking on Mar 24th, 2014Supreme Court Post
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By cregan on Mar 22nd, 2014On Friday the Justices will meet for their March 21 Conference. Our list of "Petitions to watch" for that Conference is here. The March sitting begins on Monday, March 24. [loop type="post" category="this-week-at-the-court"] Apartment: [content field="title"] Rent per day: [content...
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Brown vs. The City of Montgomery
By jstoneking on Mar 15th, 2014Argument Preview
Manor Care, Inc. v. Douglas
By jstoneking on Mar 3rd, 2014What will the Justices think of the $90,000,000 nursing home abuse verdict in Kanawha County? Challenges to the size of the verdict, the punitive damages and the verdict form have been made by the defendant below, ManorCare.
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Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, et al. v. Patrick Morrisey, Attorney General
By zzatezalo on Mar 2nd, 2014Do W.Va. Code §§ 46A-1-101, et seq. and 46A-6B-1, et seq. require an automobile insurer and/or the automotive repair shop it selects to repair a damaged vehicle to notify and obtain consent from the vehicle’s owner to repair the vehicle using recycled automotive parts?
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State ex rel. AIG Domestic Claims, Inc. v. Starcher
By jstoneking on Feb 24th, 2014Argument Preview
State ex rel. Owners Ins. Co. v. McGraw
By jstoneking on Feb 17th, 2014Argument Preview
State ex rel. AIG Domestic Claims, Inc. v. Starcher
By jstoneking on Feb 9th, 2014In 2005, the West Virginia Legislature barred any third-party claimant from suing for bad faith insurance practices. W.Va. Code 33-11-4a. The issue here is whether conduct occurring after 2005 is discoverable and admissible in a third-party bad faith claim that was filed before the 2005 legislation became effective.