If this year’s election cycle has taught us anything, it is this: elections can be ugly affairs. Finger pointing. Name calling. Mudslinging. Dirty tricks. These are the things that dominate our headlines as the November, 2016 election approaches. But don’t...

It’s still early, but we can provide you with an overview of some of the cases we’ll be following in the fall, 2016 term. So far the Supreme Court has scheduled argument for five days in September and three days...

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals recently adjourned sine die, ending the Spring 2016 term without any significant gains being made by insurance companies to further restrict the rights of insureds and immunize themselves from liability for claims handling...

The procedure cases from the spring 2016 term fell into two broad categories. First, there were cases applying the familiar doctrine of forum non conveniens . No new syllabus points emerged. However, the Supreme Court gave us some concrete examples...

The spring term is now over. WVSCBlog will analyze the latest opinions & provide a series of blogs reviewing the highlights of the term.