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Sliding into moral squalor

May 24, 2013 8:30 AM
By The West Virginia Record

Anyone who’s played baseball or softball for any length of time knows how fun it is to slide. Whether you do it feet or head first, once you get the hang of it, it’s a thrilling experience – especially when … Read More »

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THEIR VIEW: Old Workers’ Comp rule for attorney’s fees wasn’t adequate

May 24, 2013 8:15 AM
By The West Virginia Record

By TIMOTHY HUFFMAN Containing Workers’ Compensation claim costs have always been a matter of concern for the chemical industry in West Virginia. The current medical claims management rule, which has been instrumental in containing medical costs, has come under increasing … Read More »

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Long overdue changes in the state Attorney General’s Office

May 17, 2013 8:30 AM
By The West Virginia Record

A legacy, good or bad, is not erased overnight, nor a new one established in one day. However much we might like to see an immediate end to the patronage and self-promotion that characterized the previous administration of the state … Read More »

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THEIR VIEW: Listing of fish as endangered is premature, harmful to energy industry

May 17, 2013 8:20 AM
By The West Virginia Record

US Fish and Wildlife Service Pursues Implementation of the Endangered Species Act On Basis of Threat of Energy Resource Development By KATHY BECKETT On March 29, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) released for public comment its draft economic … Read More »

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State employees shouldn’t have to listen to a lecher

May 10, 2013 8:30 AM
By The West Virginia Record

As a pesticide officer for the West Virginia Department of Agriculture, Robert Adams was familiar with the various insects and diseases that attack produce and livestock in our state, and with the poisons used to control pests and parasites. Under … Read More »

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THEIR VIEW: Ford sudden acceleration class action notable in two ways

May 10, 2013 8:15 AM
By The West Virginia Record

By WOLFE LAW FIRM Recently, several aggrieved customers filed a class action lawsuit against Ford Motor Company in federal court, the Southern District of West Virginia. They claimed that the Ford vehicles that they purchased, in the years between 2002 … Read More »

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The campaign to crush coal

May 3, 2013 8:30 AM
By The West Virginia Record

What would Alinsky do? That would be Saul Alinsky, the infamous agitator, author of Rules for Radicals, and the ideological forebear of our president and many an EPA administrator. Would Alinsky grant a mining permit and then — after all … Read More »

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THEIR VIEW: Settlement of wrongful death claim only half the battle

May 3, 2013 8:20 AM
By The West Virginia Record

By ANGOTTI & STRAFACE The West Virginia Supreme Court recently ruled that the ex-wife of a man killed in a motorcycle crash cannot receive proceeds from the wrongful death lawsuit the man’s estate filed on his behalf. The man’s estate … Read More »

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The ultimate guarantee: We’ll pay you to sue us!

April 26, 2013 8:30 AM
By The West Virginia Record

Say you’re happily married, but worried that your beloved spouse may one day develop a roving eye and be unable to resist the temptation to stray from the narrow path, so you ask your spouse to furnish the funds necessary … Read More »

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THEIR VIEW: Medical malpractice caps don’t apply to nursing homes

April 26, 2013 8:20 AM
By The West Virginia Record

By WOLFE LAW FIRM After nearly two years since the original ruling, a $91.5 million jury verdict in a nursing home negligence case will stand — for now. Kanawha County Circuit Judge Paul Zakaib found that the size of the … Read More »

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No one fires the wife of Darrell McGraw without lawsuit battle

April 19, 2013 8:30 AM
By The West Virginia Record

Whatever happened to that guy who used to be our state attorney general – you know, the one that served five terms? What was his name again? Magoo? MacGyver? McGraw? That’s it! Darrell McGraw. He had the same last name … Read More »

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THEIR VIEW: Legal system could benefit from fewer confidential settlements

April 19, 2013 8:20 AM
By The West Virginia Record

By THE STEALEY LAW FIRM The vast majority of significant personal injury settlement offers come with a catch – the defendant wants a confidentiality clause included in the settlement agreement, barring the plaintiff and his or her attorneys from publicly … Read More »

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Chip Watkins, you’re not going to be a judge anymore

April 12, 2013 8:30 AM
By The West Virginia Record

It never ceases to amaze, how often some members of any given profession will circle wagons around a repugnant colleague, accused of doing something they themselves find abhorrent, and defend the individual to the bitter end – even though the … Read More »

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THEIR VIEW: Class action ruling both good and bad for corporate defendants

April 12, 2013 8:20 AM
By The West Virginia Record

By JOY EINSTEIN On March 19, 2013, the United States Supreme Court, in Standard Fire v. George Knowles, unanimously ruled that a named representative in a nationwide class action cannot avoid federal jurisdiction by stipulating to class damages in an … Read More »

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It’s time for Judges King and Ferguson to retire for real!

April 5, 2013 8:30 AM
By The West Virginia Record

When you’re a kid and your parents say it’s time to go to bed, they mean it’s time to go to sleep. Going to your room and playing on the computer or IM-ing friends ’til 3 a.m. is not what … Read More »

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