Recent News About Raleigh Circuit Court
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CHARLESTON – A Wyoming County woman says insufficient medical care left her in a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
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CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals sided with Glade Springs Village Property Owners Association in an appeal by Justice Holdings seeking to find an error with the lower court's ruling.
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CHARLESTON — West Virginia Supreme Court Justice John Hutchison says he is retiring when his term ends at the end of 2024.
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CHARLESTON – The state Judicial Hearing Board recommends an Eastern Panhandle family court judge be reprimanded for violations of two rules of the Code of Judicial Conduct.
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BECKLEY – A Raleigh County father says a Woodrow Wilson High School aide physically abused his disabled son.
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Raleigh County Family Court Judge Louise E. Goldston submitted her retirement letter January 30 to Governor Jim Justice and West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Beth Walker.
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CHARLESTON – A resolution has been introduced asking the House Judiciary Committee to investigate allegations of impeachable offenses against a Raleigh County family court judge.
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RICHMOND, Virginia – A Raleigh County man is urging a federal appeals court to uphold a lower court ruling saying a family court is not entitled to judicial immunity after she stopped a court hearing to search his home without a warrant.
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RICHMOND, Virginia – A Raleigh County family court judge has filed her brief with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to have a lower court ruling reversed in a case where she searched a man’s home following a post-divorce contempt hearing.
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CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has filed a lawsuit alleging an unlicensed Raleigh County plumbing contractor defrauded at least seven consumers of more than $5,700 for projects he never finished.
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BECKLEY – A federal judge has issued an order denying a Raleigh County family court judge’s claim of judicial immunity in a case where she searched a man’s home following a post-divorce contempt hearing.
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BECKLEY – The Beckley police and fire pension boards have sued the state Municipal Pensions Oversight Board, saying it’s asking them to change systems that have worked for years.
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BECKLEY – The estate of man under psychiatric care is suing Jan-Care Ambulance of Fayette County, blaming one of its crews for allowing him to refuse treatment hours before he was struck and killed by a train.
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CHARLESTON — Four lawsuits have been filed against the federal government and several pharmaceutical companies alleging they are at fault for children born addicted to opioids.
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CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has decided to follow the Judicial Hearing Board’s recommendation for a Raleigh County family court judge who conducted a search of a man’s home following a post-divorce contempt hearing.
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BECKLEY – A circuit judge has issued an order granting a $6.6 million summary judgment against one of Gov. Jim Justice’s family of companies.
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BECKLEY – A Raleigh County family court judge already disciplined for civil rights violations now has been named in a federal lawsuit following a search of a man’s home following a post-divorce contempt proceeding.
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CHARLESTON –Kanawha Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman said changes in how courtrooms operate over the last few years made him realize it’s time to step aside.
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Goldston is no neophyte. She’s been a family court judge or family law master for 26 years. Clearly, in her case, ignorance of the law is no excuse.
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CHARLESTON – A Raleigh County Family Court judge has been charged with violating at least seven rules in the Code of Judicial Conduct after she admitted to visiting homes of litigants appearing in front of her to check on disputed property.
