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House Judiciary chair Webster sued for defamation
Webster CHARLESTON -- Charleston attorney and House of Delegates Judiciary Chairwoman Carrie Webster is being sued by a man who says she filed a motion in a pending case that falsely said he is a sex offender.
McGraw, 34 other AGs reach settlement with drug companies
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw and 35 other attorneys general have announced a major settlement with two drug companies that delayed negative findings from a clinical trial.
Arguments set in Massey appeal
Benjamin CHARLESTON -- Arguments have been set in the West Virginia Supreme Court for the third round of Massey Energy's appeal of a $50 million verdict against it.
CALA: Berger's replacement an important decision
Manchin CHARLESTON -- A non-profit legal advocacy group is calling on Gov. Joe Manchin to choose wisely in naming a replacement for Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene Berger, who was nominated to fill a federal court vacancy.
Suit says woman on cell phone caused son's traffic death
HUNTINGTON – A lawsuit blames a woman who was talking on her cell phone while driving for running over and killing a Huntington man.
Man says faulty entrance gate got him fired
CHARLESTON – A man says a faulty security gate arm got him fired.
Court drops charges against lawyer
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court justices have ruled a Keyser lawyer did not violate ethical rules in meeting with both sides of a case involving a deadly car wreck before deciding which side to represent.
Car wreck case moved to federal court
CHARLESTON – A car wreck case filed in Kanawha Circuit Court by a Charleston woman has been moved to federal court because the at-fault driver is from the Netherlands and the company that rented him the car is from New Jersey.
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
June 16
Berger nominated for federal bench
Berger CHARLESTON – President Barack Obama on Wednesday said he nominated Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene Berger to replace U.S. District Judge David Faber in West Virginia's Southern District.
Nick Nolte's ex-wife sues woman over arrest
CHARLESTON – The ex-wife of actor Nick Nolte is suing two Charleston women, saying she was arrested on bogus charges following an attempt to visit her niece.
Lawsuit filed over wreck that killed five
Stone MORGANTOWN -- A Monongalia County lawsuit seeks damages from a man who drove drunk and killed five people and the two bars where the man drank that day.
Former officer pleads guilty to civil rights charges
CHARLESTON – A former Montgomery police officer pleaded guilty Monday to depriving two individuals of their civil rights during an incident while he was on duty.
Woman says lawyer helped ex-husband ruin her
CHARLESTON -- A woman says her well-to-do ex-husband and his lawyer friend hoodwinked her in a divorce and left her with nothing.
Lawsuit targets jail strip searches, delousing
CHARLESTON – A class action complaint filed by a Cabell County man challenges the alleged policy of strip searching and delousing people arrested for minor crimes when they're booked into one of the state's regional jails.
Federal appeals court says Massey has to offer jobs to union miners
CHARLESTON -- The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that a federal judge in Charleston was right in ordering a Massey Energy subsidiary to offer jobs to union workers at a Kanawha mine.
Coal roots led lawyer's career
Bailey CHARLESTON – Timothy Bailey said it was partially the slug's pace of much of the work involving defense litigation that led him to plaintiffs' law.
Woman sues bar, drunken patron
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing a bar and an unknown patron, claiming the bar allowed the patron to get drunk enough to fall into her and injure her.
Group wants senators to probe Sotomayor on impartiality
Sotomayor CHARLESTON – A national court advocacy group wants U.S. Senators to grill Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor about her views on judicial impartiality and recusal during the confirmation process.
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
June 11