Mother files suit against son
Charleston Daily Mail
By Cheryl Caswell
July 27, 2010
A mother is suing one of her sons, claiming he was negligent while watching a younger brother who was hit by a car.
Nancy Myers and Jeff Young filed suit July 20 in Kanawha Circuit Court against her son, Cory Jarrett. According to the complaint, Jarrett was charged with watching [...]
Tax breaks for a Motley crew
The West Virginia Record
July 23, 2010
Although attorney Ron Motley of Motley Rice received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the the annual American Association for Justice (AAJ) convention earlier this month, we choose not to congratulate him. His gain, alas, is our loss.
The AAJ is an association of plaintiff’s lawyers whose lifetime achievements for some include [...]
Group calls McGraw the fifth worst AG
Legal Newsline
By John O’Brien
July 23, 2010
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — California Attorney General Jerry Brown is the worst current state attorney general, according to a group that promotes free enterprise and limited government.
Brown topped a list of six attorneys general — all of them Democrats — who received criticism from the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Hans Bader [...]
Just let lawyers raise your children
The Charleston Daily Mail
July 23, 2010
Thinking of taking your children on an inexpensive and kid-friendly dinner outing sometime soon? Well, beware because a Washington, D.C., advocacy group is trying to undercut that plan.
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is embarking on its latest lawsuit crusade, an effort to take the toys out of [...]
Business development will require legal reform
The Herald-Dispatch
July 23, 2010
With the recent passing of Sen. Robert C. Byrd, West Virginia lost not only the longest-serving Senator in U.S. history, but also its pipeline to billions of dollars in federal funding that has kept the state afloat for years. This underscores the fact that the Mountain State must now learn to fend [...]
Appellate Court Changes Drawing Criticism
The State Journal
By Michael Hupp
July 22, 2010
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals introduced a plan last May to “comprehensively change” the way the court handle appeals.
The changes were supposed to remedy calls from several groups, including an independent judicial reform committee commissioned by Gov. Joe Manchin and a committee commissioned by the [...]
Rule changes for court appeals draw criticism
Charleston Daily Mail
By Ry Rivard
July 19, 2010
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Plans by the state Supreme Court to change how it handles appeals are drawing criticism from across the state’s legal community.
Public comments submitted by lawyers and interest groups say the proposed rules may make it harder for the poor to file appeals, all while doing little [...]
Groups want revised appellate rules to do more
The West Virginia Record
By Jessica M. Karmasek
July 16, 2010
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce on Friday says it believes changes proposed by the state Supreme Court in its Revised Rules of Appellate Procedure don’t go far enough in providing a fair appellate process in the state.
The Chamber planned to file its comments on [...]
End of Byrd era underscores need for business development
The Herald-Dispatch
July 16, 2010
The late U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd was often praised as West Virginia’s “Big Daddy” for the billions in federal funding that he earmarked for the state.
But as a columnist in The Wall Street Journal pointed out this week, all that funding did not translate into a better economy for West Virginia.
When [...]
Treasury tax break for lawyers bothers leaders
The West Virginia Record
By Chris Dickerson & John O’Brien
July 15, 2010
WASHINGTON — While some are reacting to news that trial lawyers may soon receive a tax break, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is not commenting.
A Treasury spokesperson said Wednesday that the department did not have a comment on a member of the nation’s trial [...]
