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Monthly Archives: March 2006
This just in: Berkeley County
March 15 Pamela Anderson vs. Kmart Corp. PA – Barry Beck; J – Christopher Wilkes * Anderson says she was involuntarily terminated from her job at Kmart in Martinsburg on Jan. 4, 2006, and she claims the defendant violated the … Read More
Peterson heading W. Va. involvement in nationwide organ-snatching problem
James Peterson
CHARLESTON – It’s hard to put a human face on a number as large as 13,000. Charleston attorney James Peterson has seen a couple of those faces, though. And he’s seen the fear in them.
Putnam softball coaches demand more games
WINFIELD – Four high school softball coaches in Putnam County have filed a lawsuit against the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission over a rule that states high school softball players may only play in 32 games during the regular … Read More
Father of attacked child suing for nearly $4 million
MARTINSBURG – A Martinsburg man and his daughter are suing a hotel gym after he claims his 7-year-old daughter was attacked by a mentally retarded man who has a hair fetish in the hotel pool and is seeking nearly $4 … Read More
Supreme Court refuses to hear DaimlerChrysler fee appeal
CHARLESTON – Grubb Law Group will collect $143,026.66 for representing clients who won less than a twentieth of that amount at trial. The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals declined March 28 to hear an appeal from automaker DaimlerChrysler seeking … Read More
Famous attorney wins big malpractice case
Geoffrey Fieger
MORGANTOWN – An attorney best known for his defense of “suicide doctor” Jack Kevorkian helped convince a Monongalia County jury to award $17 million in damages to a Pennsylvania girl whose family says was severely brain-damaged by a botched delivery at birth.
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Charleston woman sues DHHR over upbringing
CHARLESTON – A Charleston woman who says she was institutionalized from ages 6 to 18 is suing the Department of Health and Human Resources of the State of West Virginia for not providing her a normal upbringing. Shanika Christian of … Read More
Starcher blames daughter for hostility in Haines’ estate dissent
Justice Larry Starcher
CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s Supreme Court of Appeals should not have taken the side of the daughter of wealthy lawyer Ralph Haines in a struggle over his will, according to Justice Larry Starcher. Read More
Woman claims age discrimination after heart attack
CHARLESTON – A Charleston woman says she was unfairly terminated last January when she tried to return to work from a heart attack. Emma Johnson states in a lawsuit filed March 22 in Kanawha Circuit Court that Patton Building Services … Read More
Woman sues Kanawha County school board over daughter’s splinter
CHARLESTON – A Sissonville woman says her 7-year-old daughter still has a scar from an incident on the Sissonville Elementary playground.
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Two state residents sue over illegally obtained body parts
CHARLESTON – Two West Virginians have filed lawsuits against several companies involved in the distribution of body parts that were allegedly obtained illegally by New Jersey-based company. David Ramella and Jami Frazier say in separate lawsuits filed in U.S. District … Read More
DiTrapano arrested again in Florida
Dante DiTrapano
CHARLESTON – Attorney Dante DiTrapano was arrested again Saturday in Florida, this time on a warrant for failing to appear at a motion hearing in connection with his arrest earlier this month on crack cocaine charges.
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Missouri ‘gets’ reform, Lt. Gov. says
ST. LOUIS – Court reforms helped automaker DaimlerChrysler choose to invest more than a billion dollars in Missouri, according to Lt. Gov Peter Kinder. “Missouri gets it,” he said at a March 27 press conference in downtown St. Louis. DaimlerChrysler’s … Read More
Hurricane man says wrongful firing was discriminatory
WINFIELD – A Hurricane man says he was a victim of discrimination after wrongly being fired after being off the job because of a work-related injury. Kenneth E. Rooper filed the lawsuit March 16 in Putnam Circuit Court against B … Read More
West Virginia places last in legal fairness poll
Lisa Rickard
West Virginia was honored with the dubious distinction of placing dead last in the annual Harris State Liability Systems Ranking Study released Monday. Read More