The Judge

2022 - 7 - 9

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Former Preston County judge dead at 92 - WV MetroNews (West Virginia MetroNews)

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Senior Status Judge Robert Halbritter died Thursday at the age of 92. Robert Halbritter (Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia).

Halbritter served as a circuit judge in Preston County from December 1971 through January 1997 before assuming the role of senior status judge. He served on the Kingwood City Council and as a West Virginia House of Delegates member before becoming a circuit judge. “When I was appointed in 1995, he immediately took me and a number of other new judges under his wing.

Senior Status Judge Robert C. Halbritter has passed away (wajr)

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - Senior Status Judge Robert C. Halbritter passed away July 7 at his home in Morgantown at the age of 92. Judge Halbritter served as a ...

He was a past general chairman of the Preston County He was cochairman of the Gender Fairness Task Force 1993-1996. He was West Virginia Court Reporter Board of Review President 1975-1978. He was a fantastic mentor to all of us and I considered him a true friend.” He later took graduate courses at the National Judicial College. I extend my deepest sympathies to his family.”

Senior Judge Robert C. Halbritter dies at age 92 (Yahoo News)

Jul. 9—CHARLESTON — Senior Status Judge Robert C. Halbritter died July 7 at his home in Morgantown. Halbritter served as a circuit judge in the Eighteenth ...

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Three-year ACC fight: Judge rules worker's wrist injuries caused by ... (Newstalk ZB)

A Napier restaurant worker has won a three-year battle with Goliath ACC over whether his work injury was caused by using tongs to make kebabs at work. Is.

A GP for 48 years, Dr Beacham had always advocated for his patients to have access to treatment, "it just so happens he has the benefit of being able to refer these matters to me and I happen to be his daughter". As for taking on the "Goliath" that was ACC, she said it was a "father-daughter effort" of reports, evidence and experts. His first symptom was numbness in his fingertips around July 13, 2019. He found that Emrys' assessment "should be given less weight" for multiple reasons including his evidence of no flexion or extension and that there was no "significant force involved in the use of tongs" and was "unnecessarily restrictive". "This court is satisfied that the view of Dr Beacham is to be preferred." "It is not rocket science to come to the conclusion that his workplace is the most likely cause of his carpal tunnel syndrome."

Judge tells polluting composter to consider surrender (RNZ)

A judge has advised an industrial waste processor to consider abandoning its fight to continue running a polluting composting works in Taranaki, ...

"It was disappointing that odour issues were not heard this time. Otherwise the Environment Court - which the judge earlier described as in a workload "crisis" - would struggle to return to complete the "highly complex" hearing before the end of the year. At the end of a week hearing evidence, Judge Laurie Newhook advised the company to reassess the future direction of its appeal.

King County judge admonished for implying defendant would be ... (The Seattle Times)

Judge Virginia Amato, who was elected in November 2018, presided over the arraignment of a man charged with misdemeanor domestic-violence assault and resisting ...

An admonishment is the least severe disciplinary action the commission can issue and is meant as a caution to a judge not to engage in certain proscribed behavior. The Commission on Judicial Conduct was created in 1980 after voters passed an amendment to the state constitution to hold judges accountable for misconduct without compromising the judiciary’s independence. The order notes Amato had been a judicial officer for less than three years at the time of the arraignment and has had no other disciplinary history. “The words and images chosen were improper, discourteous and unbecoming a judicial officer. Amato and her attorney, Chuan-Yi Phillip Su, could not be reached this week for comment about the admonishment. After the man indicated he understood, Amato continued: “The folks at the penitentiary have mothers and sisters and nieces and cousins that they do not want someone out there abusing.

Judge rejects bid to settle FirstEnergy bribery suit with shareholders ... (Athens Messenger)

A federal judge in Akron has refused to dismiss a lawsuit between FirstEnergy Corp. — which has admitted that it bribed two top Ohio politicians with $64 ...