Archive for April, 2008
Ketchum makes claims that are wrong
West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Apr 23, 2008
Studio lead: A survey of lawyers released yesterday by the West Virginia State Bar rated the five candidates for state Supreme Court. Coming out on top were WVU law professor Bob Bastress and Huntington lawyer Menis Ketchum. Meanwhile, incumbent Justice Elliot Spike Maynard ranked last, doing especially poorly on the [...]
W.Va. again rated worst legal climate
The Charleston Daily Mail
Apr 23, 2008
A study funded by an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has concluded for the third straight year that West Virginia has the worst legal climate in the country.As in past years, the finding is hotly disputed.
West Virginia ranks last among the 50 states, behind Louisiana and Mississippi, in [...]
W.Va. ranked 50th in legal climate
The Register-Herald
Apr 23, 2008
Once again, the debate over West Virginia’s rankings in the legal climate is raging, inspired by a fresh study performed for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce putting the state dead last.Teresa Toriseva, head of the West Virginia Association for Justice, an organization of trial lawyers, ridiculed the Harris poll as “nothing more [...]
Flurry of calls sparks questions
The Charleston Daily Mail
Apr 14, 2008
Candidate Menis Ketchum said there’s nothing suspicious about it
West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher made a flurry of calls from his state-issued cell phone in January to Menis Ketchum, a candidate for the court.Starcher made 11 calls to Ketchum from Jan. 11 to Jan. 17, according to records [...]
Per capita ranking a tough nut
The Charleston Daily Mail
Apr 07, 2008
West Virginia has never ranked higher than 44th
Since 1979, the state has never ranked higher than 44th in the nation when it comes to the income level of its average citizen.For the last quarter-century, the state’s per capita income has been ranked next to last among states with the exception [...]
Any American can sue in West Virginia, asbestos attorney tells Justices
The West Virginia Record
Apr 04, 2008
Daley
Recht CHARLESTON – Every American enjoys a constitutional right to sue any other American in a West Virginia court, according to a Pittsburgh attorney who represents about 1,000 residents of other states demanding access to West Virginia courts.
Robert Daley of the law firm Robert Pierce & Associates wants the Supreme [...]
Lawyers for CAMC, surgeon trade blame in court filings
The Charleston Gazette
Apr 02, 2008
Hospital wants $25 million verdict lower, or new trial
Charleston Area Medical Center executives have “closed their eyes” and blamed everybody but themselves for a recent $25 million jury award against the hospital, according to lawyers for a Charleston surgeon who successfully sued CAMC.Dr. R.E. Hamrick Jr. believes he’s entitled to every [...]
