Kanawha County Category Archives: Kanawha County

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

CHARLESTON – A woman has filed an asbestos lawsuit stemming from the death of her husband. Patsy Ruth Vanhoose filed suit Sept. 18 in Kanawha Circuit Court against 67 defendants. Her husband Billy Ray Vanhoose, of Sissonville, died Sept. 19, … Read More »

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CHARLESTON – Winning his client’s case couldn’t have been easier for Charleston attorney Benjamin Salango. Read More »

Sept. 12 James Strawn, individually and all others similarly situated v. Cingular Wireless PA-Tim J. Yianne; J-Stucky Strawn is the plaintiff on a class action suit against Cingular that alleges the wireless company was charging its customers $2.99 a month … Read More »

CHARLESTON – Two former clients of a South Charleston attorney who filed separate malpractice suits against him are staking their claim to a portion of the $100,000 he earned working as mental hygiene commissioner. Jason Davis, of Scott Depot, and … Read More »