Monthly Archives: December 2005

This just in: Kanawha County

Dec. 14 Lisa A. Green vs. Bombay Company Inc. PA-Richard E. Holtzapfel; J-Bloom * Green claims she was injured when a defective Richmond Low file chest she bought at the store opened and fell on her leg, pinning her underneath … Read More »

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This just in: Putnam County

Dec. 22 Patrick A. Pontier I, Patrick A. Pontier II, Jessica A. Pontier and Jacob A. Pontier vs. Rusty Casto PA-Pontier; J-Eagloski * Pontier sues Nitro’s mayor on behalf of himself and his three children under the age of five … Read More »

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This just in: Cabell County

Dec. 23 Perry Investment Properties vs. Tascali’s Inc. PA-L. V. Navy, J-Cummings * Perry Investment Properties claims Tascali’s entered into a 10-year lease agreement to rent a U.S. Rt. 60 property in 1995 but abandoned the premises in September 2004. … Read More »

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This just in: Monongalia County

Dec. 21 West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Floyd R. Reeves J-Not yet assigned; PA-Jeffrey D. Taylor * WVU Hospitals claim Reeves defaulted on his medical bills. It is seeking damages of $42, 017.47, the bill total, and court costs. … Read More »

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State legal community backs WVU football

CHARLESTON – With West Virginia University having the state’s only law school, the West Virginia legal community has an unusually close tie to the school. And that bond extends to the football program, which is playing in its first Bowl Championship Series game when it takes on the University of Georgia in the Sugar Bowl in Atlanta on Jan. 2. Read More »

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McGraw keeps legal fees funneling to AG office

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West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw

CHARLESTON – When tobacco companies agreed to pay West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw more than $700,000 for his costs in suing them a few years ago, he could have handed it over to the state treasurer. Instead, McGraw found a way to keep every penny in his office. Read More »

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Company claims Cabell restaurant owes rent for a year

HUNTINGTON – A Cabell County business is suing Tascali’s Inc., claiming the Italian restaurant failed to pay rent for a year. In a suit filed Dec. 23, Perry Investment Properties claims Tascali’s entered into a 10-year lease agreement in October … Read More »

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Nitro man seeks $20 million in five separate lawsuits

WINFIELD – A Nitro man has filed five separate lawsuits against a total of six people, seeking more than $4 million in each suit. In the suits, Patrick A. Pontier I mentions various forms of harassment that he claims have … Read More »

News, Putnam County

Kanawha County woman says she was watched while in tanning bed

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The South Charleston Community Center houses a 25-meter indoor swimming pool, two racquetball courts, basketball courts, tanning beds, a fully-equipped health club and a gymnasium that seats 1,500 people.

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman says her privacy was violated by someone watching her while she used a tanning bed at the South Charleston Community Center. Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Kanawha woman says surgeon messed up gallbladder surgery

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has sued a surgeon for what she claims was a botched gallbladder surgery. In the lawsuit, Ruby Bailey says she began having problems with her gallbladder on Aug. 28, 2003. She says Melissa Powell, … Read More »

Kanawha County, Medical Malpractice, News

Active soldier says his name was forged on vehicle loan

CHARLESTON – A West Virginia soldier currently on active duty in Iraq has filed a lawsuit trying to be removed from an automobile loan on which he claims his ex-wife forged his signature. Dale S. Lahmayer is a United States … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

The A.G. who would be king

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That Attorney General Darrell McGraw is developing his own shadow government, in effect, should be of major concern to not just our state Legislature and Gov. Joe Manchin, but all the people of this state.
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Albright snaps back at Maynard’s dissent in bounced check case

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Justice Joseph Albright

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court case involving a woman who wrote a bounced check for car insurance simply won’t die. Read More »

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Blankenship is all about winning

Here’s a riddle for you: What do Don Blankenship and any lawyer have in common? No, it’s not another lawyer joke. We have enough of them. The answer is: They like to win and win big. If Barbara Walters had … Read More »

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Woman says Putnam General, two doctors to blame for father’s death

According to a lawsuit filed Dec. 13 in Putnam Circuit Court, Barbara Plumley is executrix of the estate of Clarence Setliff, who died Sept. 21, 2003. Five days before his death, Setliff was admitted to Putnam General with chest pain … Read More »

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