Requests for Oral Presentation
and
Petitions for Appeal
February 24, 2000
1. Donna D. Gandee v. Allstate Indemnity Company, No. 993412.
Petitioner, Allstate, appeals the entry of summary judgment in a declaratory
judgment action.
3. State of West Virginia v. Jimmy Trent, No. 993450. Defendant appeals
convictions of two counts of wanton endangerment and one misdemeanor
count of fleeing a police officer.
Accept for Motion Docket
4. State of West Virginia v. Robert Bowers, III, No. 993451. The defendant
appeals convictions of aggravated robbery and malicious wounding. He was
sentenced to 60 years on the aggravated robbery conviction and 2 to 10 years
on the malicious wounding conviction to run consecutively to the sentence
for aggravated robbery.
Refuse Petition 3-2
(Starcher, J., Scott, J..)
5. Martha Fanary v. Monroe County Comm., No. 993453. Plaintiffs appeal
from the circuit court's dismissal of their action on the basis that the County
Commission was immune under the Public Duty Doctrine.
Refuse Petition 4-1
(McGraw, J.)
6. State of West Virginia v. Tony Vance, No. 993454. Petitioner seeks a
reversal of his conviction on 3 counts of delivery of marijuana for which he
received a sentence of 1 to 5 years on each count, the first two sentences to
run concurrently and the third to run consecutively with the sentences on
counts one and two.
Refuse Petition 3-2
(Starcher, J., Scott, J.)
7. Lori B. Jackson v. Edmund J. Matko, No. 993455. Plaintiff appeals from
the circuit court's award of summary judgment in favor of defendants in this
wrongful discharge action.
Refuse Petition 3-2
(Starcher, J., McGraw, J.)
8. Pamela S. Pleasants v. Alliance Corp., No. 993456. Plaintiff appeals from
jury's verdict rendered in favor of defendants in this medical malpractice
action involving the death of a 15-year old girl.
9. Bromley Lockhart v. State of West Virginia, No. 993457. Defendant
appeals from the circuit court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas
corpus.
Accept for Motion Docket
10. State Automobile Mutual v. Alpha Engineering, No. 993458. Defendant
appeals from the circuit court's award of summary judgment in favor of
plaintiff in this declaratory judgment action. The circuit court determined
that the subject insurance policy clearly and unambiguously precluded
coverage for the defense and indemnification of defendant.
Accept for Motion Docket
11. IN RE: Keller B., III, No. 993462. The petitioner, Keller B., a juvenile
found guilty of destruction of property, appeals from an order entered in the
Circuit Court of Morgan County revoking his probation for various
violations. The petitioner contends,
inter alia, that the Circuit Court
committed error in applying an incorrect standard of proof in finding the
violations.
Refuse Petition 4-1
(Starcher, J.)
12. Jeremy Clark, Infant v. Secondary School Act, No. 993463. The
petitioner, the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission,
appeals from an order entered in the Circuit Court of Wyoming County
granting respondent Jeremy Clark injunctive relief and prohibiting the
petitioner's determination that respondent Clark, a high school senior, was
ineligible to participate in interscholastic athletics.
Refuse Petition 4-1
(Starcher, J.)
13. Dorothy Jean Silvers v. Town of Bath, No. 993464. The petitioner, Town
of Bath (Berkeley Springs), appeals from an order entered in the Circuit
Court of Morgan County denying its claim of immunity in an action wherein
the respondent, Dorthy Jean Silvers, asserted that the elimination of her
position as Town Clerk was retaliatory and in violation of the West Virginia
Whistle-Blower Law.
Refuse Petition 5-0
14. Verla Shaffer v. Dept. Of Transportation, No. 993466. The petitioner,
Verla Shaffer, appeals from an order entered in the Circuit Court of Jackson
County dismissing her complaint against the respondent, Division of
Highways. The petitioner sought to compel eminent domain proceedings
based upon her allegation that drainage ditches and culverts constructed by
the respondent resulted in flood damage to the petitioner's property.
Grant Petition 5-0
15. State of West Virginia v. Evan Lamarr Sears, No. 993475. The
petitioner, Evan LaMarr Sears, appeals from his convictions in the Circuit
Court of Berkeley County of aggravated robbery and battery.
Accept for Motion Docket
16. Robert John Stanley v. George Roach, et al., No. 993476. The petitioner,
Robert John Stanley, appeals from an order entered in the Circuit Court of
Mercer County denying his motion to reinstate an action which had been
dismissed pursuant to Rule 41(b) for inactivity. The petitioner's counsel
states that he never received notice that the action was to be dismissed.
Refuse Petition 4-1
( McGraw, J.)