1.( **) Alisha Johnson, Per. Rep. v. C. J. Mahan Construction Co., et al.  -  29005 - Plaintiff appeals from the circuit court's dismissal of defendant, the Dept. Of Transportation, Division of Highways, on the basis of lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

2. Timothy T. Woodrum, et al. v. Jerome G. Johnson, M.D., et al.  - 28857 - Certified question as to whether a settlement and release of a physician, who is an alleged ostensible agent of a hospital, necessarily releases the hospital from further liability where the physician is not an employee, where the only negligence alleged is that of the physician, and there is no allegation of negligence against the hospital.

3. Huntington Eye Associates, Inc. v. Joseph A. LoCascio, III, M.D.  - 28889 - Plaintiff appeals from the circuit court's order granting defendant's Rule 50(b) motion and request for a new trial.

4. William Grant Walls, et al. v. Chester DeNoone, et al.  - 29062 - Defendants appeal from the circuit court's order which found that use of a certain right-of-way had been terminated by abandonment and adverse possession during ownership of the subject real estate by a predecessor-in-title.

5. Georgia Lee Boarman, et al. v. Raymond T. Boarman  - 28855 - Defendant appeals from the circuit court's order finding him in contempt and from the order denying his motion for relief from the contempt order. -  Continued. 

6. David M. Harris, M.D. v. Hamilton Jones, et al.  - 29008 - Plaintiff appeals from the circuit court's order granting summary judgment in favor of defendants on all counts on the basis of the statutes of limitation.

7. Office of Lawyer Disciplinary Counsel v. Kathy A. W. Arnold -  29514 - The Office of Lawyer Disciplinary Counsel seeks indefinite suspension of Arnold's law license under Rule 3.23 of the Rules of Disciplinary Procedure. Should this Court order suspension, the ODC moves for a stay of the formal charges in LDC v. Kathy A. W. Arnold, an inactive member of the West Virginia Bar, No 26362 until such time as Arnold is able to move for reinstatement. - To be presented on briefs only without oral argument.

8. (*) SER Alan K. Stone v. Hon. James A. Leslie, Jr., Mayor of Hinton, et al. - 29632 - No summary available. - Dismissed as Moot. 

9. SER Rory L. Perry II, Clerk v. Deanna Donahoe, Temporary Court Reporter - 29647 - No summary available. - To be presented on briefs only without oral argument.

10. In Re: Shanee Carol B. -   28888 - Richard and Valerie Ahart, potential adoptive parents, appeal the lower court's placement of Shanee B. for adoption with Ralph and Patricia B. The Aharts argue that the court erred in failing to give due consideration to sibling preference, failed to act in the best interest of the child, failed to implement a plan of gradual transition, and that the guardian ad litem had a conflict of interest since he represented Patricia B. in a 1997 lemon law case.

11. SER Paul L. Nicholas v. Hon. Thomas A. Bedell, Judge, et al.  - 29662 - No summary available.  - To be presented on briefs only without oral argument.