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Kanawha County Category Archives: Kanawha County
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 woman says she was watched while in tanning bed
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
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
Morgan County man files multi-million dollar asbestos suit
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CHARLESTON – A Morgan County man has filed a multi-million dollar asbestos lawsuit against 27 companies in Kanawha Circuit Court. Read More
Greenbrier County man says mother received poor care at nursing homes
CHARLESTON – A Greenbrier County man claims his mother received poor care at nursing homes last year before her death. Danny Hutchens says staff members at Charleston Area Medical Center’s rehabilitation facility and Heartland of Beckley didn’t properly care for … Read More
Woman sues after slipping, falling at Nitro Wal-Mart
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing Wal-Mart after taking a fall at its store at Nitro Marketplace. Sandra Watters claims Wal-Mart was negligent in failing to maintain its premises in a reasonably safe and injury-free condition. In the suit filed … Read More
Boone County couple claims they were sold a dud home
CHARLESTON – A Boone County couple claims they were sold a bad manufactured home and want out of the deal. In a lawsuit filed Dec. 2 in Kanawha Circuit Court, Dennis L. and Donna R. Craddock say Fleetwood Retail Corporation … Read More
Asbestos suit names 18 defendants
CHARLESTON – A man has filed suit against 18 companies – from worldwide corporations such as Viacom and General Motors to local companies such as Nitro Industrial Coverings – for being exposed to asbestos and other harmful dusts over the … Read More
WVU agrees to monitor employees in asbestos settlement
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia University will set up a 20-year program to guard the health of employees it may have exposed to dangerous levels of asbestos. University trustees have agreed to provide initial examinations and pay for continued monitoring when … Read More
Contractor says security firm responsible for stolen equipment
CHARLESTON — The contractor that built the new state Department of Environmental Protection headquarters in Kanawha City has sued a security firm for negligence after a construction site robbery in 2003. BBL Carlton, a West Virginia subsidiary of New York-based … Read More
This just in
THIS JUST IN New civil filings in Kanawha Circuit Court Nov. 21-25: Monday, Nov. 21 City National Bank vs. Katrina J. Boggess Parrigan and Glenn M. Nichols City National claims Parrigan and her ex-husband defaulted on a home loan of … Read More



