Potential clients, family and friends frequently ask what is required to make a contract legally binding. Many times, a contract simply requires an offer, acceptance of the offer and consideration.  Consideration is something of value that is promised or contracted for that induces or motivates the parties to enter into a contract.  While it is […]

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When my husband and I moved to St. Clairsville in 1974, things were pretty dull around there. We moved to St. Clairsville from Upper St. Clair, Penn., which is within walking distance of South Hills Village.  The area was in the middle of an energy crisis and, as the saying goes, St. Clairsville “rolled up […]

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Oh, but it is. In June, my son Casey took part in the 11th Intercollegiate Rocket Engineering Competition (IREC) at Green River, Utah, representing the West Virginia University Experimental Rocketry Team. This year’s competition involved 52 U.S. and international colleges and universities. Casey, along with six other members of the rocketry team, traveled across the […]

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In an effort to assist areas impacted by flooding in the southern part of West Virginia, I was blessed to be able to go and deliver much needed supplies to the Kanawha Animal Shelter with Barb, president of Marshall County Animal Shelter board and Janie, volunteer fundraiser for the MCAS. We delivered donations from Marshall […]

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How is it possible that we can keep up with the Kardashians, but we cannot keep up with the Supreme Court? Although many states permit some form of video recordings of state court proceedings, video cameras and recordings are prohibited in the U.S. Supreme Court and all lower federal courts, save a very limited pilot […]

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It was reported last week that a Tesla Model S with the Autopilot system activated was involved in a fatal crash, the first known fatality in which a car that was operating, at least semi-autonomously, crashed without human input. The crash occurred when a tractor trailer drove across a highway, perpendicular to the Tesla. The […]

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Over the past year, my wife has been hooked on watching some of the recently released documentaries about famous legal cases and crimes. I am sure many of our readers have watched a part of the documentary on Robert Durst called The Jinx, ESPN’s series on O.J. Simpson, or Making a Murderer, which focused on […]

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Do you find yourself kinking up rather easily these days? Memory not what it used to be? As I lie in bed in the middle of the afternoon on a rather rainy Fourth of July, I got to thinking.  Was I actually going to lounge around on a national holiday because of the weather? Where […]

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Many local residents are facing, or will soon face, a not-too-uncommon problem – a coal company sending them letters that it is about to start mining activities under their land and home. What can you do?  Can you stop the mining?  What rights do you have once the mining occurs?  The answers to those questions […]

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The 4th of July is the holiday that marks our beautiful country’s independence. On July 4, 1776, the Declaration of Independence was signed and America became an independent nation. In honor of what some call, “America’s 240th Birthday” here are 10 fun facts that many may not know about the 4th of July and the […]

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