Daily Archives: July 27, 2007

Our population problem

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West Virginia took a few more lumps this week, this time on the subject of its youth. Read More »

Arguments, Our View

Journal of a Juror in the Michelle Michael trial

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A juror in one of the state’s biggest murder trials in years shares thoughts on the case and the verdict. Read More »

News

Justices say insurer must disclose its reserves

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Albright

CHARLESTON – Two years after the state Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that Erie Insurance Property and Casualty did not have to disclose its reserves to a woman who accused the insurer of bad faith, the Justices ruled that Erie had to after all. Read More »

News, State Supreme Court

Former Huntington official sues city over firing, defamation

HUNTINGTON – The former interim director of the Huntington Municipal Parking Board has filed a suit against the City of Huntington after she was arrested and charged with embezzlement. Linda Hamilton filed a suit July 2 in Cabell Circuit Court … Read More »

Cabell County, News

Delivery service, driver sued for sexual assault

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a local delivery service and one of its deliverymen claiming he sexually assaulted her in his delivery vehicle. Attorney Steven B. Wiley filed the suit on behalf of the … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Saying he isn’t colorblind, Va. man sues CSX over not hiring him

HUNTINGTON – A Virginia man has filed a suit against CSX Transportation Inc. claiming he was not hired because he was colorblind when, in fact, he is not colorblind and has taken two tests to prove it. Shawn Nicely, 24, … Read More »

Cabell County, News

Justices say Hampshire circuit judge abused power

CHARLESTON – Hampshire Circuit Judge Andrew Frye went overboard when he held Sylvia Catron in contempt for violating an injunction, according to the state Supreme Court of Appeals. The five Justices agreed that Frye abused his discretion in seeking to … Read More »

News, State Supreme Court

PERSONNEL FILE: Silberman joins Kay Casto & Chaney

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Silberman

CHARLESTON — Kay Casto & Chaney has announced that Ariella G. Silberman has been hired as an associate in its Charleston office.
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News, Personnel File

This Just In: Kanawha County

July 12 Belinda Joyce Sharp v. Wells Fargo Third Party Administrators, Inc. PA – Mark Atkinson; J – Kaufman * Belinda Sharp is one of three Fayette County women who filed a suit against Wells Fargo, claiming they were fired … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

This Just In: Ohio County

July 12 Alice Pettit vs. Robert G. Leighton PA-Kathleen J. Fantazzi; J-Wilson * Pettit claims that Leighton negligently struck her with his vehicle in an auto accident resulting in property damages and injuries. She seeks damages for medical expenses as … Read More »

News, Ohio County

This Just In: Berkeley County

July 3 Dorothy Barclay vs. Alejandro Salguero-Perez PA – Michael Santa Barbara; J – David Sanders * Barclay, as administratrix of the estate of Jeffrey Daniel Barclay, claims the defendant was negligent and lost control of his minivan on Nov. … Read More »

Berkeley County, News

This Just In: Putnam County

June 26 Green Tree Servicing, LLC vs. David R. Campbell and Linda J. Campbell fka Linda J. Priddy PA-R-Erin P. Dyer; J-Eagloski * On March 3, 1997, the Defendants entered into a Retail Installment and Security Agreement with Route 35-Repo … Read More »

News, Putnam County

This Just In: Jefferson County

July 2 Branch Banking & Trust Co. v. The Old Pharmacy Cafe & Soda Fountain Inc., and Geoggrey Lerch and Jean Lerch, individually PA-Donald J. Epperly; J-Thomas Steptoe Jr. * Old Pharmacy Cafe entered into a commercial loan with BB&T … Read More »

Jefferson County, News

This Just In: Monongalia County

July 17 Emily Wolf v. Mountaineer Gas Company PA-J. Brian Edwards; Judge-Russell M. Clawges Jr. * Wolf claims that in December 2006, Mountaineer Gas wrongfully placed a gas line through her property outside of any existing right of way. This … Read More »

Monongalia County, News

This Just In: Cabell County

July 23 Stephanie McCloud v. Klara Kovacs, MS-CFNP; and Mitchell Nutt, MD PA-Paul M. Stroebel; J-John L. Cummings * McCloud is suing Kovacs and Nutt after they performed a total hysterectomy on her when the suit claims a supracervical hysterectomy … Read More »

Cabell County, News