Monthly Archives: July 2006

Jefferson school board wants fence removed

CHARLES TOWN – The Jefferson County Board of Education wants a fence near an elementary school removed so it can build a road and has filed a lawsuit against the school’s neighbor. The lawsuit was filed July 17 in Jefferson … Read More »

Jefferson County, News

Man sues VFW

MARTINSBURG – A Berkeley County man is suing the VFW in Berkeley Springs because it allowed a non-member to drink, leading to an automobile accident. Douglas P. Tinsman filed the lawsuit July 12 in Berkeley Circuit Court against Risinger-Stotler Post … Read More »

Berkeley County, News

Nine named in car accident suit

CHARLES TOWN – A lawsuit in Jefferson Circuit Court over a car accident that left a flagman dead names nine defendants. David and Mary Snyder filed the lawsuit July 18 as personal representatives of the Estate of Michael Snyder. The … Read More »

Jefferson County, News

Man says his building was rebuilt poorly

MORGANTOWN – A Pennsylvania man says his duplex was damaged by fire and then the company he hired to repair it did not perform adequately. Bruno Manderano II filed the lawsuit July 18 in Monongalia Circuit Court against Larry Leach … Read More »

Monongalia County, News

Contractor says it overpaid, wants money back

HUNTINGTON – A contractor claims it overpaid a subcontractor for work done at a Wal-Mart Supercenter in Barboursville and wants its money back. Hensel Phelps Construction Co. of Colorado filed the lawsuit July 19 in Cabell Circuit Court against Davis … Read More »

Cabell County, News

Former state policeman sues Dept. of Public Safety

CHARLESTON – A former sergeant with the West Virginia State Police is suing the agency, the Commission on Drunk Driving Prevention and J. Mattman Security for injuries he sustained from an allegedly dangerous BAT Mobile. David Hawkins of Upshur County, … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Lawyer ad panel suggestions send to Supreme Court

CHARLESTON – The State Bar’s Lawyer Advertising Commission recommendations have been forwarded to the state Supreme Court. State Bar Executive Director Thomas Tinder was directed to send the panel’s recommendations to the Court at last weekend’s State Bar Board of … Read More »

News

Mediations begin in Kanawha Magistrate Court

CHARLESTON — The West Virginia State Bar’s free magistrate court mediation program began in Kanawha County on Thursday. Some of Kanawha County’s 10 magistrates selected 16 civil cases in which litigants on both sides are representing themselves. Two cases have … Read More »

News

Woman says she tripped over broken concrete

CHARLESTON – A Charleston woman says she tripped and fell in front of a K-Mart in a lawsuit against the company. Sue Loudermilk filed the lawsuit July 17 in Kanawha Circuit Court. She says she was visiting the K-Mart in … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Department of Transportation caused wreck, lawsuit says

CHARLESTON – The passenger in a car that was allegedly run off the road because of a West Virginia Department of Transportation truck has filed a lawsuit against the agency. Michael Maynard entered the lawsuit July 17 into Kanawha Circuit … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

CSX uncovers fraud in asbestosis case

CHARLESTON – CSX has moved to have a plaintiff dismissed from his asbestosis case against the railroad giant because of fraud it uncovered during discovery. In short, CSX Transportation Inc. says Rodney Chambers of Huntington fabricated a doctor who he … Read More »

Marshall County, News

Silicosis lawyers answer questions, another doc takes the Fifth

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Attorneys being sworn in before a congressional hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lawyers responsible for bringing thousands of silicosis cases to state courts in Mississippi and Texas stood by the lawsuits that critics have described as “manufactured for money.” Read More »

News

Sago lesson: Do more to protect workers

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Gov. Joe Manchin

CHARLESTON — In the days following the Sago tragedy, Davitt McAteer, a native West Virginian and noted mine safety expert, volunteered to come to the forefront and help our state with our overall investigation and the process of improving safety in our mining industry.
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Arguments, Their View

Letter to the Editor: An environmental emergency

Dear Editor: My name is Tod Burkett, and I am an environmentalist registered with the EPA, licensed government diesel mechanic and working on a project concerning air quality. Clean Skies is a presidential campaign funding $6 billion toward air quality. … Read More »

Arguments

DiTrapano pleads guilty to federal charge

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DiTrapano

BLUEFIELD — Charleston attorney Dante DiTrapano pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal drug and weapons charge and was ordered into a drug treatment facility until his sentencing.
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Federal Court, News