State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Tiernan v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.

Decided July 21, 1998. Margaret L. Workman wrote the opinion for the court.

506 S.E.2d 578 · Cited 116 times

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Orr v. Crowder · 315 S.E.2d 593
Cordle v. General Hugh Mercer Corp. · 325 S.E.2d 111
McClung v. Marion County Commission · 360 S.E.2d 221
Woodruff v. Board of Trustees of Cabell Huntington Hospital · 319 S.E.2d 372
Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont · 246 S.E.2d 270
Tudor v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. · 506 S.E.2d 554
Jones v. Memorial Hospital System · 677 S.W.2d 221
Johnson v. Mayo Yarns, Inc. · 484 S.E.2d 840
Korb v. Raytheon Corp. · 574 N.E.2d 370
Fayette County National Bank v. Lilly · 484 S.E.2d 232
Lovell v. City of Griffin · 303 U.S. 444
Parnar v. Americana Hotels, Inc. · 652 P.2d 625
Addair v. Bryant · 284 S.E.2d 374
Prysak v. R L Polk Co. · 483 N.W.2d 629
Birthisel v. Tri-Cities Health Services Corp. · 424 S.E.2d 606
Williamson v. Greene · 490 S.E.2d 23
Pratt v. Prodata, Inc. · 885 P.2d 786
Red Lion Broadcasting Co. v. Federal Communications Commission · 395 U.S. 367
Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington) · 308 U.S. 147
Phelps Dodge Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · 313 U.S. 177
National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co. · 458 U.S. 886
Associated Press v. United States · 326 U.S. 1
Bond v. Floyd · 385 U.S. 116
Jamison v. Texas · 318 U.S. 413

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