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Monthly Archives: May 2006
Milberg Weiss & McGraw
The federal indictment of New York City-based law firm Milberg Weiss on charges it extorted money out of large corporations by paying faux plaintiffs to help it manufacture class action lawsuits should serve as a stern warning to state governments … Read More
Firm has fans in West Virginia, too
CHARLESTON — Not everyone in West Virginia has bad things to say about Milberg Weiss. The firm was responsible for a $600 million settlement in a 2003 accounting fraud class action lawsuit led by Teamsters West Virginia Pension Trust Funds. … Read More
Critics go after Milberg Weiss
CHARLESTON – Criticism of a just-indicted high-profile law firm and its ties to West Virginia continue. Federal prosecutors charged Milberg Weiss Bershad & Shuman on May 18 with a illegal kickback scheme. Also, two top partners at the New York-based … Read More
Legislative ruling aided Blankenship, Amores says
Don Blankenship
HUNTINGTON – Legislators who expected to weaken Massey Energy president Don Blankenship by requiring him to put his name on political advertisements made him stronger, according to House judiciary committee chair Jon Amores.
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St. Albans man awarded $634,000 in slip and fall case
CHARLESTON – A St. Albans man was awarded nearly $634,000 last week after slipping and falling on black ice at a car wash five years ago. Danny K. Whittington broke his hip when he fell in a car wash bay … Read More
Neither side wants Lilly case in District Court
HUNTINGTON – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s lawsuit against drug maker Eli Lilly has landed at U. S. District Court in Huntington, but neither side wants it to stay there. Lilly would roll West Virginia’s claim into a multi-jurisdictional … Read More
Woman sues driver, says he ran over her foot
HUNTINGTON – A woman is suing the owner and driver of a car that she says ran over her right foot as she crossed 10th Street in Huntington. Geraldine Owens filed the lawsuit May 8 in Cabell Circuit Court against … Read More
Man stabbed by needle sues
HUNTINGTON – A Cabell County man says he was punctured by a medical needle and is suing his landlord. David Walden filed the lawsuit May 3 in Cabell Circuit Court against Richie Blevins. Walden says he lived on Green Valley … Read More
Contractor demands payment
MOUNDSVILLE – A contractor that provided services for American Electric Power Service Corp. says it is still owed almost $20,000 from work done on the Mitchell Power Plant in Moundsville. Martin Marietta Materials, Inc., filed the lawsuit May 10 in … Read More
This just in: Kanawha County
May 15 Albert Summers, Delores Summers, Trustee and ATS Insurance Trust 1988 v. The Equitable Life Insurance Company, et al. PA-Rodney E. Miller; J-Bloom * The Summers say they have paid more than $1 million into a life insurance policy … Read More
This just in: Cabell County
May 16 Kimberly Swann v. City of Huntington and Mountain State Centers for Independent Living, Inc. PA-Charles C. Amos; J-John L. Cummings *Swann is suing the city and Independent Living after she tripped and fell on a broken, uneven sidewalk … Read More
This just in: Wayne County
May 15 Ogden Directories Inc. v. Blacktop Industries and Equipment Co. PA-Andrew N. Frye; J-Darrell Pratt * Blacktop Industries entered into an agreement with Ogden to print an advertisement in the Kanawha, Putnam and Cabell editions of the EZ to … Read More
This just in: Jefferson County
May 2 William Russell Baker Jr. and. Shirley Baker vs. Barry Mason Bryan PA- Joseph B. Cordell; J-Thomas Steptoe * As a result of a May 5, 2004, automobile accident, the Bakers claim Bryan was negligent and caused theaccident. The … Read More
This just in: Berkeley County
May 5 Hilco Receivables LLC vs. David Nelson PA – Christopher McCarthy; J – Christopher Wilkes * The plaintiff was a claimant in an arbitration matter involving an award of $15,024.83, and the plaintiff claims Nelson owes that amount plus … Read More
This just in: Putnam County
May 10 Clarence E. Snyder vs. Board of Education Putnam County, Putnam County Commission and Putnam County Clerk PA-R. Stephen Jarrell; J-Eagloski * Snyder claims he injured himself after voting at Teays Valley Elementary on May 11, 2004, on a … Read More