Daily Archives: September 29, 2006

Frugality led to Cingular class action

CHARLESTON – Jim Strawn admits he’s a penny pincher. So when someone mentioned that Cingular was charging some customers $2.99 a month for a roadside assistance plan, he pulled out his cell phone statements. “Someone alerted me to it, and … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Consumers for Justice bankruptcy petition in good standing in Charleston

CHARLESTON – In reporting an attorney’s error, The West Virginia Record committed an error. Last week, The Record reported that West Virginia Consumers for Justice, a political campaign organization, mistakenly filed a bankruptcy petition in West Virginia. The petition, however, … Read More »

Federal Court, News

Court to decide if firefighter should lose his job

CHARLESTON – Folks in Huntington cannot decide if firefighter Michael Giannini should lose his job for getting busted near a crack house, so the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals must decide. The Justices will hear arguments Oct. 3 for … Read More »

News, State Supreme Court

Woman falls, sues Kroger

CHARLESTON – A Charleston woman says Kroger grocery store had a duty to protect her from dangerous conditions and is suing it for not doing so. Tracy Ferguson filed a lawsuit Sept. 22 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Kroger Co., … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

AT&T hit with 21 lawsuits over air in former office

CHARLESTON – Twenty-one individuals who worked at AT&T’s old Charleston office at One Davis Square have filed lawsuits against the company alleging the air quality in the building was harmful. The suits, entered Sept. 21 into Kanawha Circuit Court, also … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Lawsuit blames Bon-Ton for overloaded clothes rack

CHARLESTON – In a recently filed lawsuit, a Charleston woman says she was struck by a falling clothes rack and is suing Bon-Ton Department Stores. Mary and Jack McClung filed the lawsuit Sept. 21 in Kanawha Circuit Court and also … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Former school worker files fumes suit

CHARLESTON – A former school employee says she was exposed to harmful chemicals while working. Maggie Conner filed a lawsuit Sept. 19 in Kanawha Circuit Court against eight companies but not the state Board of Education, which employed her from … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Beauty school claims slander

CHARLESTON – A Charleston beauty school is claiming that two of its former students have slandered it and are also suing the state’s Human Rights Commission and Attorney General’s office for not getting to the bottom of the dispute. All … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Women claim sexual harassment

CHARLESTON – Two former employees of House of Demitri No. 2 claim they were sexually harassed. Stacy Hudson and Susan Adkins are suing Gahreeb, Inc., and their boss Lafamme Gahreeb in Kanawha Circuit Court, claiming Gahreeb created an intimidating, hostile … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

McGraw’s tactics questioned in DHHR case

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McGraw

CHARLESTON – In helping settle a class action lawsuit brought on by seniors and disabled citizens against the state’s Department of Health and Human Resources, state Attorney General Darrell McGraw claimed to be protecting one of the most vulnerable sections of society. One group, however, says it was just an act. Read More »

News, State Government

Two groups ready Domestic Violence Awareness events

CHARLESTON – Those who’ve experienced the pain and trauma of domestic violence will have the opportunity to learn how to go from being a victim to a survivor with the help of two domestic violence awareness events this month. The … Read More »

News

This Just In: Kanawha County

Sept. 18 Stacy Nichole Goff Hudson and Susan Nikki Adkins v. Gahreeb, Inc., dba House of Demitri No. 2 and Lafamme Gahreeb, individually and as agents or employees of the foregoing entity PA-W. Jesse Forbes; J-King * Hudson and Adkins … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

This Just In: Putnam County

Sept. 18 Collegiate Pacific vs. Team Shop PA-Jeffery J. Gould; J-Eagloski * The Dallas-based plaintiff says the Poca-based defendant owes $17,595.76 plus pre-judgment interest. It seeks that amount plus post-judgment interest, court costs and other relief. Case number: 06-C-310 Sept. … Read More »

News, Putnam County

This just in: Cabell County

Sept. 21 David E. Tayman Jr. v. City of Huntington and John Franklin PA-Dwight J. Staples; J-David M. Pancake * Tayman claims he was assaulted, punched and kicked by Huntington police officer John Franklin in September 2004. According to the … Read More »

Cabell County, News

This just in: Monongalia County

Sept. 19 Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company v. Connie Lyn Harper J-Stone; PA-David R. Barney, Jr. * Erie claims Harper drove her vehicle in a negligent manner, causing her to hit two parked vehicles owned by Steve’s Auto Sales. … Read More »

Monongalia County, News