Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia, 2013

61 opinions

STATE of West Virginia ex rel. ADVANCE STORES COMPANY, INC., dba Advance Auto Parts, and Donn Free, Defendants Below, Petitioners v. Honorable Arthur M. RECHT, Senior Status Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, and Scott McMahon and Karen John, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs Below, Respondents 2013-01-17
LAWYER DISCIPLINARY BOARD, Petitioner v. John P. SULLIVAN, Respondent 2013-01-17
LARRY V. FAIRCLOTH REALTY, INC., a corporation, and Larry V. Faircloth, Plaintiffs Below, Petitioners v. The PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA, Berkeley County Public Service Sewer District, a public corporation, and Berkeley County Public Service District, d/b/a Berkeley County Public Service Water District Defendants Below, Respondents 2013-01-24
STATE of West Virginia ex rel. AMFM, LLC; Commercial Holdings, Inc., now known as Commercial Holdings, LLC; Integrated Commercial Enterprises, Inc.; Manzanita Holdings, LLC; Manzanita Management, Inc.; Lifetree, LLC; Wisteria, LLC; McDowell Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, Inc., doing business as McDowell Nursing & Rehabilitation Center; and Patty Lucas, Petitioners v. Honorable Charles E. KING, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County; and Lelia Gresham Baker, individually and on behalf of the Estate of Beulah Wyatt, Respondents 2013-01-24
BROOKE B., Petitioner v. Donald RAY C., II, Respondent 2013-01-24
Delorice BRAGG, as Administratrix of the Estate of Don Israel Bragg and Freda Hatfield, as Administratrix of the Estate of Ellery Hatfield, Plaintiffs Below, Petitioners v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant Below, Respondent 2013-02-05
POPE PROPERTIES/CHARLESTON LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, Petitioner v. The Honorable Sallie ROBINSON, in her capacity as Kanawha County Assessor, Respondent 2013-02-06
AMERICAN STATES INSURANCE COMPANY, Defendant Below, Petitioner, v. Barbara SURBAUGH, Administrator of the Estate of Gerald Kirchner, Plaintiff Below, Respondent 2013-02-06
STATE of West Virginia ex rel. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCES, Petitioner Below, Petitioner and E.P., K.P., L.P., III, and N.P., Infant, Petitioners Below, Petitioners v. The Honorable David J. SIMS, Judge of the Circuit Court of Ohio County, Respondent, and S.P., and L.P., Jr., Respondents Below, Respondents 2013-02-07
STATE of West Virginia, Respondent v. Rodney L. HYPES, Petitioner 2013-02-07
Glenn SPITZNOGLE, Jr. and Marlene Spitznogle, Petitioners v. Kevin R. DURBIN and Krista A. Durbin, Respondents 2013-02-08
STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. Gary Richard BAKER, Defendant Below, Petitioner 2013-02-21
STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. James WILKERSON, Defendant Below, Petitioner 2013-02-21
STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. James ROBERTSON, Defendant Below, Petitioner 2013-02-21
David BALLARD, Warden, Respondent Below, Petitioner v. Steve Lee DILWORTH, Petitioner Below, Respondent 2013-02-22
Charles ELDER, Defendant Below, Petitioner v. Annabelle SCOLAPIA, Home Incarceration Officer for Harrison County, Plaintiff Below, Respondent 2013-02-22
KANAWHA COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY BOARD, a public corporation; West Virginia Board of Education, a public corporation; and Dr. Jorea Marple, in her official capacity as Superintendent of Schools of the State of West Virginia, Intervenor/Defendants Below, Petitioners v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the COUNTY OF KANAWHA, Plaintiff Below, Respondent 2013-02-22
Thomas S. and Teresa S. JOHNSON, Plaintiffs Below, Petitioners v. Bertha KIRBY, Defendant Below, Respondent 2013-02-25
VERIZON SERVICES CORPORATION, Petitioner v. Loretta K. EPLING, Respondent 2013-02-27
STATE of West Virginia ex rel. VERIZON WEST VIRGINIA, INC.; Andrea L. Custis; Victoria L. Boston; Robert Anderson; Judy Isner; Mary Frederick; Dawn Watson; Barbara Terwilliger; and Jodi Dennis, Petitioners v. Honorable James A. MATISH, Judge of the Circuit Court of Harrison County; Stephanie Snow-McKisic; Rita L. Knight; Danny Knight, Sr.; David Michael Brosius; Danny Knight, Jr.; Sarah Knight; Ryan P. Barker; Lynet White; Kimberly A. Ray; Jeffrey L. Ray; Lisa M. Tharp; Travis N. Tharp, and Charles R. Byard, Respondents 2013-03-07
VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC., Petitioner, v. Terri L. COLE, Respondent 2013-03-08
STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. Michael J. McGILL, Defendant Below, Petitioner 2013-03-12
STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Jennifer A. FILLINGER, R.N., Petitioner v. Laura S. RHODES, Executive Director, The West Virginia Board of Examiners for Registered Professional Nurses, an Administrative Agency of the State of West Virginia, Respondent 2013-03-12
In the Matter of HUNTER H. 2013-03-14
In re FRIEDA Q. 2013-03-21
In the Matter of Judge William M. WATKINS, III, Putnam County Family Court Judge 2013-03-26
UNIVERSITY COMMONS RIVERSIDE HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Plaintiff Below, Petitioner v. UNIVERSITY COMMONS MORGANTOWN, LLC; Koehler Development, LLC; Collegiate Homes, Inc.; Richard Koehler; Frank Koehler; Adam Sharp; Richard Dunlap; O.C. Cluss Professional Services, LLC; R.E. Crawford Construction, Inc.; Pozzuto and Sons, Inc.; Building Code Enforcement Official of Star City; Herron Engineering; Eagle Interiors, Inc.; BUH Construction; Triad Engineering, Inc.; and Universal Forest Products, Defendants and Third-Party Defendants Below, Respondents 2013-03-28
MOUNTAIN STATE COLLEGE, Defendant Below, Petitioner v. Sheryl HOLSINGER, Sandra R. Carpenter and Mary J. Yeater, Plaintiffs Below, Respondents 2013-03-28
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC., Defendant Below, Petitioner v. Charles O. LORENSEN, West Virginia Tax Commissioner, Plaintiff Below, Respondent 2013-03-28
Mary Beth COCHRAN, Respondent Below, Petitioner v. Mark Iams COCHRAN, Petitioner Below, Respondent 2013-03-28
LAWYER DISCIPLINARY BOARD, Petitioner v. Barry J. NACE, Respondent 2013-03-28
OHIO POWER COMPANY and American Electric Power Service Corporation, Petitioners v. PULLMAN POWER, LLC, Structural Group, LLC, and Ershigs, Inc., Respondents 2013-04-01
Steven O. DALE, Acting Commissioner, West Virginia Division Of Motor Vehicles, Petitioner v. Alberto VELTRI, Respondent 2013-04-01
Richard RINGER, Defendant Below, Petitioner v. Joseph F. JOHN, Plaintiff Below, Respondent 2013-04-02
TODD M.S., Respondent Below, Petitioner v. JULIE M.G., Petitioner Below, Respondent 2013-04-02
Jason S. SMITH, Plaintiff Below, Petitioner v. APEX PIPELINE SERVICES, INC., Defendant Below, Respondent 2013-04-04
STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. Jack JONES, Defendant Below, Petitioner 2013-04-11
STATE of West Virginia, Respondent v. Henry B. HARRIS, Petitioner 2013-04-11
STATE of West Virginia, Respondent v. LARRY A.H., Petitioner 2013-04-11
STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. John J. MOFFIT, Defendant Below, Petitioner 2013-04-11
Carlos A. LEEPER-EL, Petitioner Below, Petitioner v. Adrian HOKE, Warden, Huttonsville Correctional Center, Respondent Below, Respondent 2013-04-11
Connie ELLIS, Intervenor Below, Petitioner v. Linda SWISHER, as Administratix of the Estate of Thomas R. SWISHER, Plaintiff Below, Respondent 2013-04-12
STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. John Alan BOYCE, Defendant Below, Petitioner 2013-04-18
JOSHUA D.R. and Sherrie L.R., Petitioners Below, Petitioners v. DAVID A.M., Respondent Below, Respondent 2013-04-18
MELINDA H., Respondent Below, Petitioner v. WILLIAM R., II, Petitioner Below, Respondent 2013-04-19
STATE of West Virginia ex rel. Pamela Jean GAMES-NEELY, Petitioner v. The Honorable Joann OVERINGTON, Magistrate, Berkeley County, West Virginia, Respondent 2013-04-22
State of West Virginia ex rel. Commissioner, WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF MOTOR VEHICLES, Petitioner v. The Honorable Derek SWOPE, Judge of the Circuit Court of Mercer County and Brandon White, Respondents 2013-04-25
Brandy PINGLEY, et al., Plaintiffs Below, Petitioners v. PERFECTION PLUS TURBO-DRY, LLC, Defendant Below, Respondent 2013-04-26
STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. James R.L. MEADOWS Defendant Below, Petitioner 2013-05-16
In re DARRIEN B. and Andrew B. 2013-05-17
STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. Elliot FITZSIMMONS, Defendant Below, Petitioner 2013-05-17
STATE of West Virginia, ex rel. Joe E. MILLER, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles, Petitioner v. Mark A. KARL, Judge of the Circuit Court of Marshall County, Respondent and James Leonard Parker, Party in Interest; State of West Virginia, ex rel. Joe E. Miller, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles, Petitioner, v. William S. Thompson, Judge of the Circuit Court of Boone County, Respondent and Patrick White, Party in Interest; State of West Virginia, ex rel. Joe E. Miller, Commissioner, West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles, Petitioner v. Charles King, Judge of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, Respondent and Nichole Erwin, Party in Interest 2013-05-17
In re BRANDI B. 2013-05-17
Steven O. DALE, Acting Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles, Respondent Below, Petitioner v. Benjamin M. KNOPP, Petitioner Below, Respondent 2013-05-17
Larry PATTERSON, Petitioner v. The BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE COUNTY OF RALEIGH, Respondent 2013-05-17
In re Grandparent VISITATION of A.P. 2013-05-20
STATE of West Virginia, Plaintiff Below, Respondent v. Terry Allen BLEVINS, Defendant Below, Petitioner 2013-05-20
In re Name Change of JENNA A.J. 2013-05-20
STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY, Petitioner v. Robin Skinner PRINZ, the Personal Representative of the Estate Of Kyle Hoffman, Jr., Respondent 2013-05-21
In re WALTER G. 2013-05-23
State of West Virginia ex rel. Angela Y. SMITH, Petitioner v. WEST VIRGINIA CRIME VICTIMS COMPENSATION FUND and the Court of Claims for the State of West Virginia, Respondents 2013-05-24