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• Cabell schools removing swing sets for fear of litigation
  9/2/2010 9:52 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Cabell Bureau

  HUNTINGTON -- Elementary school playgrounds in Cabell County are losing their swing sets in part because of lawsuits over injuries.
  
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• Bayer CEO says W.Va. needs judicial reform
  9/2/2010 9:45 AM By Jessica M. Karmasek  -Statehouse Bureau

  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS -- Bayer Corp. CEO Greg Babe told state business leaders this week that West Virginia must reform its judicial system and overhaul its business tax structure if it wants to spur economic development and attract new investments.
  
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• MSHA says Massey case doesn't belong in federal court
  9/2/2010 8:00 AM By Steve Korris  -Kanawha Bureau

  WASHINGTON - Federal coal mine regulators say Massey Energy should challenge their actions before an independent commission, not in federal court.
  
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  Settlement means end to Digitek suits
  9/2/2010 7:55 AM By Steve Korris  -Kanawha Bureau

  CHARLESTON - National litigation over heart medicine Digitek ended Sept. 1 as lawyers advised U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin they settled all claims.
  
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• If Manchin wins, Cooper still plans to sue over succession laws
  9/2/2010 7:40 AM By Jessica M. Karmasek  -Statehouse Bureau

  CHARLESTON -- South Charleston lawyer Thornton Cooper says he still plans to sue West Virginia officials if they don't clean up the state's succession laws.
  
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• Energy Star sales tax holiday ends Nov. 30
  9/2/2010 7:38 AM By Jessica M. Karmasek  -Statehouse Bureau
• 26 companies sued over float-sink chemicals
  9/2/2010 7:30 AM By Harmon Marks  -Boone Bureau
• Houston wide receiver sues Marshall, Conference USA for broken leg
  9/1/2010 11:48 AM  
• PERSONNEL FILE: Steptoe & Johnson opens first Pennsylvania office
  9/1/2010 11:28 AM  
• PERSONNEL FILE: Several attorneys joins Spilman Thomas & Battle
  9/1/2010 11:17 AM  
• PERSONNEL FILE: 75 Steptoe & Johnson attorneys named 'Best Lawyers'
  9/1/2010 11:10 AM  
• More than 150 'water cases' on file in Boone County
  9/1/2010 10:15 AM By Harmon Marks  -Boone Bureau
• Woman sues man over injuries at Imperial Lanes
  9/1/2010 10:00 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Cabell Bureau
• Former employee sues Pepsi for not paying him on time
  9/1/2010 10:00 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Cabell Bureau
• Couple sues Huntington, sanitary board for wrongful termination
  9/1/2010 10:00 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Cabell Bureau
• Ohio couple files medical malpractice suit
  9/1/2010 10:00 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Cabell Bureau
• Fallen tree results in lawsuit
  9/1/2010 9:15 AM By Harmon Marks  -Boone Bureau
• Huntington attorney elected to executive committee of National Foundation for Judicial Excellence
  8/31/2010 1:56 PM By Kyla Asbury  -Cabell Bureau
• Holliday appointed as temporary Kanawha judge
  8/31/2010 1:00 PM By Kyla Asbury  -Kanawha Bureau
• Law firm raises more than $6,500 for Multiple Sclerosis research
  8/31/2010 1:00 PM  
• Some wonder why McGraw won't release subpoena contents
  8/30/2010 10:24 AM By Jessica M. Karmasek  -Statehouse Bureau
• Man sues East Cumberland for work-related injuries
  8/30/2010 9:00 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Kanawha Bureau
• 18 people sue 147 companies in separate asbestos suits
  8/30/2010 9:00 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Kanawha Bureau
• Couple sues City of Marmet for water drainage problems
  8/30/2010 9:00 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Kanawha Bureau
• Former employee sues Encore for wrongful termination
  8/30/2010 9:00 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Kanawha Bureau
• Ohio man sues Oakwood Terrace Apartments, unknown man for gun shot
  8/30/2010 9:00 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Kanawha Bureau
• Woman sues jail authority, officers for sexual misconduct
  8/30/2010 9:00 AM By Kyla Asbury  -Kanawha Bureau