Kanawha County Category Archives: Kanawha County

April 16 James Kramer v. Owens-Illinois, Inc., et al PA – Craig E. Coleman; J – Visiting * James Kramer filed an asbestos suit against 36 companies, claiming he now has mesothelioma because of their negligence. Kramer was a pipefitter … Read More »

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CHARLESTON – Several Kanawha County high school students from had the opportunity to prosecute and defend an alleged murderer in Kanawha County Court.
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CHARLESTON – A threat turned into action Wednesday as attorneys for a coal tipple located near Chesapeake and Marmet filed a suit against the Kanawha County Commission seeking an injunction to stop the towns from annexing the tipples. Attorneys for … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County attorney is being sued by his former clients who claim he failed to file their lawsuit within the statute of limitations period. Dayton Price and Suzan Price named Stephen P. Swisher as defendant in a … Read More »

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CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman filed a suit against a South Charleston recreation center after she was injured while at the center for a water aerobics class.
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CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County couple has filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against a South Charleston hospital after the man was injured while he was a patient in the hospital.
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CHARLESTON – A Putnam County man has filed a suit against the City of Dunbar and the Dunbar Sanitary Board, his former employers, claiming he was wrongfully fired because he was a whistleblower. William Coles Jr. filed a suit April … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a personal injury suit against a man who hit her with a car and left the scene. Tomora Howard filed a suit April 12 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Jamie Stevens. According … Read More »

CHARLESTON – Charleston attorney Cindy Kiblinger has filed an asbestos suit on behalf of a man who is ill because of asbestos dust he was exposed to while working. Kiblinger filed the suit April 11 in Kanawha Circuit Court, on … Read More »

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CHARLESTON – A North Carolina woman has filed a suit against a pharmaceutical company after her father died of an accidental toxic overdose while taking the prescribed amount of the drug Zyprexa.
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April 10 William R. Coles, Jr. v. City of Dunbar, A Municipal Corporation, and The Dunbar Sanitary Board PA – Mark A. Atkinson; J – Berger * William Coles, of Putnam County, filed a suit against the City of Dunbar … Read More »

CHARLESTON – Charleston City Council members approved a $190,000 insurance payment in a drowning case, but someone else will have to divide the money among the victim’s feuding relatives. The City Council authorized the payment April 16 as compensation for … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A local court program helped settle more than two dozen circuit court cases in Kanawha County earlier this month by using mediation. Settlement Week Alternative Resolution by Mediation (SWARM) helped settle 25 of 33 cases, a 76 percent … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man says a local auto dealer fired him because of his race and his age.
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CHARLESTON – A Wood County man claims a Kanawha County equipment company breached its contract.
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