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CHARLESTON –
The West Virginia Record recently published an editorial titled “Judge bestows generational wealth in West Virginia” that criticized a recent opinion by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia authored by Justice Beth Walker.
The Record’s analysis missed critical context, failing to appreciate that the court actually rejected the plaintiff’s claim that the defendant-business should have been held responsible for the entire amount of the verdict, rather than the 30 percent that the jury actually apportioned it.
But that’s not why I’m here. Despite admitting that it had “no idea” what the opinion really meant,
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West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued the following announcement on Dec. 15.
Supreme Court Chief Justice Tim Armstead began his first full 12-year-term on the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia on Tuesday by pledging to continue to work to restore public confidence in the state court system. “I feel deeply honored and deeply privileged to be a member of this Court,” Chief Justice Armstead said. “It is important that the people of our state have respect for their Court.” Chief Justice Tim Armstead was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Jim Justice in September 2018. He was elected November 6, 2018, to retain the seat until the end of the term on December 31, 2020, and was re-elected June 9, 2020, to a 12-year term that will begin on January 1, 2021.