PSC’s Broad Reopening Power Under W. Va. Code § 24-2-2(a) and “Gray & Overlapping” Service Rights for Undeveloped Development Sites I. Introduction In Beckley Water Company v. Public Service...
Waiver of Unpreserved Challenges to Improvement-Period Restrictions; Credibility Deference Supports Termination Despite Partial Compliance 1. Introduction In re: A.L.-1, J.L., K.L., and W.L. is an...
Contract-First Waiver Analysis for Arbitration Rights: Conduct Cannot Be Judged in Isolation from the Arbitration Clause Case: Credit Acceptance Corporation v. Kenneth E. Stanley and Kerry J. Stanley...
Filing Suit Waives Arbitration—And Course of Conduct Can Waive Even an Anti-Waiver Clause Case: Credit Acceptance Corporation v. Kenneth E. Stanley and Kerry J. Stanley (Justice Wooton, dissenting)...
Overbreadth and Nexus: Boilerplate “Drug-Trafficking” Seizure Lists Cannot Ride on Simple Possession Probable Cause; Leon Good-Faith Denied Where Warrant Is Constitutionally Defective Case: State of...
WPCA Notice Required for Any Unilateral Reduction of Accrued Pay; Union Representative Standing Preserved for Injunctive Relief Case: Wayne White, Michael Wood, Joshua Gandee, and others similarly...
In re B.J. (W. Va. 2026): Prior Involuntary Termination of Any Custodial Rights—Not Only “Parental Rights”—May Support Adjudication of a Newborn When Conditions Remain Uncorrected 1. Introduction...
Limits on Circuit-Court Prohibition Review of Magistrate Probable-Cause Findings: No Evidentiary Reweighing Beyond the Criminal Complaint 1. Introduction In State of West Virginia ex rel. State of...
MPLA Pre-Suit Notice: Total Failure Is Jurisdictional, but Alleged Certificate “Defects” Are Not I. Introduction In State of West Virginia ex rel. West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. d/b/a J.W....
Mandatory Findings in Abuse-and-Neglect Adjudications: Orders Dismissing a Petition Must Contain Fact Findings Under W. Va. Code § 49-4-601(i) and Rule 27 1. Introduction In re F.B. (Supreme Court of...
Rule 54(b) Limits on Interlocutory Review in Multi-Party Cases; Civil Conspiracy Liability Extends to Non-Tortfeasor Co-Conspirators 1. Introduction Case: Ronald J. Hopkins, II, Rachel L. Abrams...
State v. McKinney: No Mistrial for Defense-Elicited, Unresponsive Testimonial/Hearsay Absent Prejudice and a Motion to Strike Introduction In State of West Virginia v. James Dee McKinney AKA 1227 (W....
Oral Competency Findings Incorporating Forensic Reports—and Harmless Rule 11 Variances—Do Not Invalidate Guilty Pleas Absent Prejudice Introduction In State of West Virginia v. Mathew M. (W. Va. May...
Mandamus to Compel a “Gaughan Order” When an Interlocutory Foreclosure/Lien Order Lacks Findings Needed for Extraordinary-Writ Review I. Introduction In State ex rel. Justice Holdings, LLC v. Hon....
New West Virginia Abuse-and-Neglect Rule: A Parent Cannot Be Dismissed While Any Parental Rights Remain, and Disposition Modification Must Follow the Full Procedures of the New Disposition Case: In...
Certified Questions Declined When Predicate Federal Order Is on Appeal and the Answer Would Be Non‑Determinative 1. Introduction In County Commission of Fayette County v. Pardee and Curtin Realty LLC...
Distinct Confrontation-Clause Objections Preserve Error; On-Scene “Ongoing Emergency” Statements After a Shooting Are Non-Testimonial 1. Introduction In State of West Virginia v. Heath Allen Rose...
Insurance Policy “Prejudice” Clause Controls 24‑Hour Police-Report Condition in Hit-and-Run UM Claims 1. Introduction In Danny J. Dobbins and Jackie L. Dobbins v. West Virginia National Auto...
West Virginia Adopts Gross Disproportionality (Economic Waste) Limit on Construction-Contract Damages; Diminution-in-Value Calculation and Breaching-Party Burden Introduction Case: Corotoman, Inc. v....
Confrontation Clause Claims Must Be Specifically Preserved—A Hearsay Objection (or Passing Reference) Is Not Enough 1. Introduction In State of West Virginia v. Heath Allen Rose (Supreme Court of...