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January 2012 Term of Court Opinions and Memorandum Decisions
January 2012 Term of Court Opinions and Memorandum Decisions
decision Type
Date Filed Case No. Case Name Case Type Decision Type
3/12/2012 11-0368 Lawrence E. Scible v. David Ballard, Warden CIV-O MD
3/12/2012 11-0432 State of West Virginia v. Mark Wilson CR-F MD
3/12/2012 11-0433 Keith R. Jeffers v. David Ballard, Warden CIV-O MD
3/12/2012 101571 James Ward v. USA, Federal Bureau of Prisons CIV-O MD
3/12/2012 11-1474 In the Interest of: K.H. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1365 In the Interest of: E.M. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1317 In the Interest of: T.M. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1263 In the Interest of: B.H. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1165 In the Interest of: J.M., C.H., B.H. and C.H., Jr. JUV MD
3/12/2012 101437 Tex Gene Holbrook v. David Ballard, Warden CIV-O MD
3/12/2012 34359 Bobby R. Hicks v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commission/United Dairy WC MD
3/12/2012 11-1182 In Re: M.D. and A.D. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1161 In Re: I.A. and M.A. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1018 In Re: M.M. Jr., S.M., E.M., A.M. and B.M. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-0952 In Re: M.M. Jr., S.M., E.M., A.M. and B.M. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-0672 Ray and Bette Kesling v. Sonshine, LLC TCR MD
3/12/2012 11-1102 In Re: B.K. and J.K. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1089 In Re: J.S. and K.S. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1088 In Re: A.C., A.C., A.C. and A.C. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1086 In Re: D.N. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1078 In Re: J.N. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1026 In Re: N.W. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-0979 In Re: P.D. and A.D. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-0974 In Re: D.C. and M.C. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-0795 Sara Jane Workman v. Carl Samuel Workman FAM MD
3/12/2012 11-0763 D.G.L. v. D.K.L. FAM MD
3/12/2012 11-0709 State of West Virginia v. J.S. CR-O MD
3/12/2012 11-0823 Dana Waid Young, et al. v. Brian Waid, et al. TCR MD
3/12/2012 11-0922 Burch Roofing and Construction v. Mark Poh, etc. TCR MD
3/12/2012 11-1568 In Re: S.B. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1552 In Re: A.D., K.D., D.D., K.P., A.P. and J.P. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1538 In Re: D.N. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1518 In Re: M.W. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1419 In Re: S.W. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1364 In Re: A.S., A.S., A.S.and K.S. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1338 In Re: A.S., A.S., A.S.and K.S. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1266 In Re: NB. and Z.B. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1150 In Re: T.C., J.C., V.C., A.C., C.C., C.C. and E.C. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-1403 In Re: J.W., K.W., T.W. and M.S. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-0774 In Re: J.W., K.W., T.W. and M.S. JUV MD
3/12/2012 11-0857 State of West Virginia v. Michael Marks CR-F MD
3/12/2012 11-1082 Alvin Chambers v. David Ballard, Warden CIV-O MD
3/12/2012 11-0923 Todd A. Hicks v. Brickstreet Mutual Insurance TCR MD
3/12/2012 11-0923 Todd A. Hicks v. Brickstreet Mutual Insurance TCR MD
3/9/2012 11-0417 & 11-0794 State of West Virginia v. Shawn J. Bailey CR-F MD
3/9/2012 11-0556 State of West Virginia v. Shelley Ray Guthrie CR-F MD
3/9/2012 11-0663 SER Roger Repass v. Adrian Hoke, Warden CIV-O MD
3/9/2012 11-0777 State of West Virginia v. David Kestner CR-F MD
3/9/2012 11-0778 Gary D. Lanham v. W. Va. Consolidated Public Retirement Board ADM MD
3/9/2012 11-0553 In Re: The Adoption of Wesley G. FAM MD
3/9/2012 11-0702 Melissa Sue Ennis(formerly Steele) v. Andrew Blair Cox FAM MD
3/9/2012 11-0814 Travis Hough v. Boll Medical CIV-O MD
3/9/2012 11-0329 Brent Childress v. W. Va. State Police, etc. ADM MD
3/9/2012 11-0237 SER Andre King v. Jim Ielapi, Warden CIV-O MD
3/9/2012 11-0494 SER William David Belcher v. Adrian Hoke, Warden CIV-O MD
3/9/2012 11-0593 SER Ernest "Sonny" Tucker v. Thomas L. McBride, Warden CIV-O MD
3/9/2012 11-0988 State of West Virginia v. J.D. Lambert CR-F MD
3/9/2012 11-0620 State of West Virginia v. James Ellis Spuduck CR-F MD
3/1/2012 11-0592 Rebuild America v. Mark E. Davis, et al. TCR SO
2/28/2012 11-0755 In Re: Ashton M. (Workman, J., concurring, in part, and dissenting, in part) JUV SEP
2/28/2012 11-0755 In Re: Ashton M. JUV PC
2/24/2012 11-0074 All-Med v. Randolph Engineering Co., etc.(Workman, J. dissenting) TCR SEP
2/24/2012 11-0074 All-Med v. Randolph Engineering Co., etc. TCR PC
2/24/2012 11-0315 National Union Fire Ins. v. Jennifer Miller, etc. TCR PC
2/24/2012 11-0361 State of West Virginia v. Donald Surber CR-F PC
2/24/2012 11-0120 & 11-0457 State of West Virginia v. Paula D. Hoston, etc. CR-F SO
2/24/2012 11-1514 SER Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins. v. Hon. David Sanders, et al. OJ-P SO
2/24/2012 101372 Larry D. Butcher v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/J.E.T. Resources WC MD
2/24/2012 101370 Bernadette K. Shaw v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Morgan Co. Board of Ed. WC MD
2/24/2012 101362 Joseph Scalise v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Wheeling Island Gaming WC MD
2/24/2012 101360 Ethel Vennum v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Homer Laughlin China WC MD
2/24/2012 101358 Joseph S. Dingus v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Greif Brothers Corp. WC MD
2/24/2012 101312 Betty J. Nease v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Morgans Restaurants WC MD
2/24/2012 101305 Danny Kennedy v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Appalachian Power WC MD
2/23/2012 11-0679 Shawn Romano v. Wendy Greve FAM PC
2/23/2012 11-0342 State of West Virginia v. Kendra Sulick CR-F SO
2/22/2012 11-0442 Harrison L. Epperly v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Apogee Coal WC MD
2/22/2012 101386 Charles S. Stone v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Huntington Alloys WC MD
2/22/2012 101384 Harrison L. Epperly v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Apogee Coal WC MD
2/22/2012 101383 Gerald R. Jenkins v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Consolidation Coal WC MD
2/22/2012 101382 Thomas L. Cooper v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Appalachian Power WC MD
2/22/2012 101375 Rennie D. Pauley v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Charleston Area Medical Center WC MD
2/22/2012 101374 James A. Lawson v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/ACF Industries WC MD
2/22/2012 101373 James A. Milam, Jr. v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Essential Fuels WC MD
2/22/2012 101361 John D. Wood v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Performance Coal WC MD
2/17/2012 101397 D'Mitri L. Beverly v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/W. Va. Division of Highways WC MD
2/17/2012 101396 Pamela S. Harding v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Mayflower Vehicle Systems, Inc. WC MD
2/17/2012 101395 Mary J. Walter v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner WC MD
2/17/2012 101394 Donald R. Spaun v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Century Aluminum of WV, Inc. WC MD
2/17/2012 101393 Billy J. McClanahan v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Nichols Construction, LLC WC MD
2/17/2012 101392 Mary Gannon v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Perry & Hylton, Inc. WC MD
2/17/2012 101391 Bruce E. Benedum v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Mosites Construction Company WC MD
2/17/2012 101390 Ricky D. Thomas v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Century Aluminum of WV, Inc. WC MD
2/17/2012 101385 Consolidation Coal Company v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/James D. White WC MD
2/17/2012 101359 Jackie L. Snodgrass v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Kroger Limited Partnership WC MD
2/15/2012 101252 Linda A. Wall v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Mercer Co. Board of Education WC MD
2/15/2012 101253 William E. Kendrick v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Gapco Mining WC MD
2/15/2012 101258 Betty Estep v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Plott & Holbook, Inc. WC MD
2/14/2012 11-0387 State of West Virginia v. Steve E. Blankenship CR-M MD
2/14/2012 11-0504 J.B. v. K.C. and L.C. FAM MD
2/14/2012 11-0413 Stoney G. Riley v. Adrian Hoke, Warden CIV-O MD
2/14/2012 11-0530 SER Steve A. Watkins v. Jim Rubenstein, Commissioner CIV-O MD
2/14/2012 11-0133 State of West Virginia v. Jack Conner CR-F MD
2/14/2012 11-0548 State of West Virginia v. Henry Howard Jenkins CR-F MD
2/14/2012 11-0468 State of West Virginia v. R.T. CR-F MD
2/14/2012 11-0342 State of West Virginia v. Gerald Wayne Little CR-F MD
2/14/2012 11-0129 Robert Allen Hager v. Thomas McBride, Warden CIV-O MD
2/14/2012 11-0462 State of West Virginia v. Stephanie D. Pauley CR-F MD
2/14/2012 11-0056 Agnieszka Collins v. Barbara L. Stewart, et al. TCR MD
2/14/2012 11-0146 State of West Virginia v. Megan Ryman CR-F MD
2/14/2012 11-0563 State of West Virginia v. Scott E. Minnick CR-F MD
2/14/2012 11-0458 State of West Virginia v. Roger A. McKinney CR-F MD
2/14/2012 11-0661 Frances A. Preast v. Burl Keith Skaggs, et al. ADM MD
2/14/2012 11-0077 D.C. v. Wayne Co. Board of Education ADM MD
2/14/2012 11-0185 Dean Miner v. Ricardo Pacheco TCR MD
2/14/2012 11-0278 Mitch Nelson v. Board of Education of Boone Co. ADM MD
2/14/2012 11-0650 Kathy S. Lefler v. W. Va. Dept. of Education ADM MD
2/13/2012 11-1405 & 11-1447, etc. SER Thornton Cooper v. Natalie E. Tennant, Sec. of State, etc. OJ-M SO
2/13/2012 11-0596 Sanford D. Creameans v. Christopher D. Chiles, Pros. Attorney CIV-O MD
2/13/2012 11-0874 State of West Virginia v. Matthew Jonathan Robey CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0619 State of West Virginia v. Michelle Bryant CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0570 Dana and Nancy Singleton v. Citizens Bank of Weston TCR MD
2/13/2012 11-0966 In Re: J.S. and K.S. JUV MD
2/13/2012 11-0930 In Re: A.S. and W.M. JUV MD
2/13/2012 11-0913 In Re: E.M. JUV MD
2/13/2012 11-0860 In Re: A.M., S.M. and B.B. JUV MD
2/13/2012 11-0690 State of West Virginia v. Brian Keith Hubbard CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0636 State of West Virginia v. Dustin Chad Reed CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0534 State of West Virginia v. Sherri Wukeson CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0545 Samuel P. Sommerville, et al. v. Robert B. Rausenberger TCR MD
2/13/2012 11-1366 In Re: I.F. and I.C. JUV MD
2/13/2012 11-1347 In Re: S.B. and D.B. JUV MD
2/13/2012 11-1311 In Re: D.B., F.B. and T.S. JUV MD
2/13/2012 11-1242 In Re: S.O. JUV MD
2/13/2012 11-0724 In Re: the Matter of J.B. and J.B. FAM MD
2/13/2012 11-0918 State of West Virginia v. Danny Honaker, Jr. CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0835 State of West Virginia v. Miguel Perez CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0825 State of West Virginia v. John Payne CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0760 State of West Virginia v. Joseph Suber CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0714 State of West Virginia v. Thomas Eugene Gardner, Jr. CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0633 State of West Virginia v. David L. Hunter CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0562 State of West Virginia v. Larry E. Mayle, Jr. CR-F MD
2/13/2012 11-0829 William Nesbitt v. Shannon Markle, Administrator CIV-O MD
2/13/2012 11-0852 Melissa Dixon v. Estate of Faye Hudson, etc. PR MD
2/10/2012 11-1358 & 11-1360 SER W. Va. Dept. of Transportation v. Hon. Jeffrey B. Reed (Workman, J. dissenting) OJ-P SEP
2/10/2012 11-1358 & 11-1360 SER W. Va. Dept. of Transportation v. Hon. Jeffrey B. Reed OJ-P SO
2/10/2012 11-0073 In Re: The Marriage of: Zickefoose v. Zickefoose(Workman, J. concurring, in part, and dissenting, in part) FAM SEP
2/10/2012 11-0073 In Re: The Marriage of: Zickefoose v. Zickefoose FAM SO
2/10/2012 11-1404 SER Coal Age, Inc. v. Hon. Warren R. McGraw, et al. CIV-O MD
2/10/2012 11-0257 John S. Shannon v. City of Hurricane, et al. CIV-O MD
2/10/2012 11-0277 Gregory Allan Zerkel v. Dana C. Zerkel n/k/a Leech FAM MD
2/10/2012 11-0211 State of West Virginia v. Freddie Lee Bragg CR-F MD
2/10/2012 11-0599 State of West Virginia v. Kenneth Lenhart CR-F MD
2/10/2012 11-1627 SER Baker Installation v. Hon. Carrie Webster, Judge OJ-M MD
2/9/2012 11-0397 Katy Addair v. Litwar Processing Co. TCR MD
2/9/2012 11-0248 & 11-0701 Shenandoah Sales v. Assessor of Jefferson Co., etc ADM SO
2/9/2012 11-1260 Big Lots Stores v. Rebecca and Kevin Arbogast TCR PC
1/20/2012 101347 Marvin Shawn Bench v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Spartan Mining WC MD
1/19/2012 101172 Danny L. Boyles v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Turn 4 Truck and Auto WC MD
1/19/2012 101116 Jeana L. Hicks v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Westmoreland Coal WC MD
1/19/2012 101102 Shirley Snyder v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner//Bayer Corp. WC MD
1/19/2012 101071 Michael F. Estremera v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Royal Harvest WC MD
1/19/2012 101060 Roger L. Harris v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Patriot Mining WC MD
1/19/2012 100965 Richard D. Spurlock v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Appalachian Power WC MD
1/19/2012 101561 Richard D. Spurlock v. W. Va. Office of Insurance Commissioner/Appalachian Power WC MD
1/27/2012 11-0565 Steven M. Posey and Michelle E. Posey v. City of Buckhannon TCR SO
1/19/2012 11-0206 Albert Postlewait, Jr. v. City of Wheeling TCR SO
1/19/2012 11-0206 Albert Postlewait, Jr. v. City of Wheeling
(Davis, J. dissenting)
TCR SEP
1/19/2012 11-0399 State of West Virginia v. Timothy Michael Waldron CR-F SO
1/19/2012 11-0191 William Watson Jr. v. W. Va. DHHR and Mildred-Mitchell Bateman Hospital ADM MD
1/18/2012 11-1080 In Re: S.M. and F.M. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-1079 In Re: S.M. and F.M. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-1210 In Re: R.P. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-1227 In Re: J. O. and I.O. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-1087 In Re: A.W. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-1040 In Re: D.D. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-1027 In Re: B.C., C.C. and A.C. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-0951 In Re: E.B. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-1137 In Re: T.C., J.C., V.C., A.C., C.C., C.C. and E.C. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-0696 In Re: I.G., L.G., J.H., G.N. III, and T.N. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-0798 In Re: B.D. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-0807 In Re: B.D. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-0834 In Re: K.M. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-0907 In Re: K.S. JUV MD
1/18/2012 11-0317 State of West Virginia v. Shawn McCamick CR-F MD
1/13/2012 101278 Donald Roger Layne v. Evelyn Siefert, Warden CIV-O MD
1/13/2012 101602 Richard E. Smallwood v. Patrick Smallwood PR MD
1/13/2012 101615 Jennifer J. Grafton-Gore v. Centra Bank TCR MD
1/13/2012 101573 Robert Sanchez v. Tod Benson TCR MD
1/13/2012 11-0597 Marlon Ferguson v. Nicholas J. Wall TCR MD
1/13/2012 11-1209 Marlon Ferguson v. Kevin Hensel, etc. TCR MD
1/13/2012 11-0911 Jeremy Toler v. Roger W. Goff PR MD