Cases

State of W. Va. v. Jeffrey L. Finley

Case Number:
32961
Jeffrey L. Finley appeals his conviction for first degree murder without a recommendation of mercy and two counts of second degree sexual assault.
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Mark Mikesinovich, Executor. v. Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc.

Case Number:
32968
This is an appeal by the Plaintiff below from the circuit court's order denying his motion for a new trial following an adverse jury verdict in a medical negligence action against the Hospital. Appellant’s mother was a patient at the Hospital when she fell and broke her hip while being...
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Patty Kalany, et al. v. Herman Campbell, dba Irene’s Bar

Case Number:
33078
Defendant Herman Campbell, individually and d/b/a Irene's Bar, appeals from: 1) a judgment upon jury verdict finding that he engaged in common law retaliatory discharge of plaintiff Patty Kalany; and 2) the court's award of plaintiff's attorney's fees and costs under the Human Rights Act, where the defendant had been...
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Michael Giannini v. Firemen’s Civil Service Comm. of City of Huntington, et al.

Case Number:
33074
The City of Huntington appeals the circuit court's decision which reversed the Huntington Firemen's Civil Service Commission. The commission had upheld the termination from employment of Huntington Firefighter Michael Giannini, but the circuit court found that there was not just cause for termination.
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State ex rel. John McLaurin v. Thomas McBride, Warden

Case Number:
32983
This is an appeal from denial of a petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, seeking reversal and remand to the Circuit Court to grant the petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and order a new trial.
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Diana Mae Savilla, Admx. v. Speedway Superamerica, LLC, etc., et al.

Case Number:
33053
Plaintiff appeals from the circuit court's order granting defendant Speedway SuperAmerica, LLC, d/b/a Rich Oil's motion to dismiss in this wrongful death and deliberate intent action.
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Mary Ellen Gainer v. John David Gainer

Case Number:
33065
In this divorce proceeding, petitioner requests that this Court reverse and remand the appeal to the Family Court with directions to value pension benefits excluding premarital and post-separation credits and order an immediate distribution of the same.
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James Robert Evans, Jr. v. Sharon Rose Evans

Case Number:
33045
Petitioner James Evans, Jr. appeals the circuit court's order reinstating his spousal support obligation and ordering him to pay arrearages which accrued after the family court ordered the payments stopped.
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Lowell B. Cogar v. Lee Lafferty

Case Number:
33007
Purchaser of property in a tax sale appeals the circuit court's order which set aside his deed. The court ruled that the deed must be set aside because a partner in the partnership which had owned the property was not provided notice to redeem.
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In the Matter of: The Adoption of Jamison Nicholas C. by Charles & Twila M.

Case Number:
33079
The WV Department of Health and Human Resources appeals from the circuit court's order granting a child post-adoption assistance in the form of a Medicaid card.
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