Peters v. Rivers Edge Mining, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that front pay can be an acceptable substitute for reinstatement
• stating that “this Court will review de novo the jury’s award of punitive damages and the circuit court’s ruling approving, rejecting, or reducing such award”
• applying Mason County to front pay award in absence of new syllabus point
• “When reviewing an award of punitive damages in accordance with Syllabus point 5 of [Garnes], and Syllabus point 5 of Alkire v. First National Bank of Parsons, 197 W.Va. 122, 475 S.E.2d 122 (1996
• “When reviewing an award of punitive damages in accordance with Syllabus point 5 of [Garnes ], and Syllabus point 5 of Alkire v. First National Bank of Parsons, 197 W.Va. 122, 476 S.E.2d 122 (1996
• “Where the issue on an appeal from the circuit court is clearly a question of law or involving an interpretation of a statute, we apply a de novo standard of review.” Syllabus point 1, Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L., 194 W.Va. 138, 459 S.E.2d 415 (1995)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).