Monthly Archives: July 2007

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

This Just In: Marshall County

July 10 Beneficial WV, Inc. Assignee of Value City Furniture vs. Megan C. Brandon PA-Kurt J. Winter; J-Karl * Beneficial WV claims a breach of contract on a loan agreement between the two parties. It seeks $2,383.76 in damages plus … Read More »

Marshall County, News

ABA makes Concise Guide to Lawyer Specialty Certification available online

CHICAGO – The American Bar Association is making its Concise Guide to Lawyer Specialty Certification available online. The Guide helps specialty bar associations and section leaders determine whether to create a certification program and the steps for doing so. Certification … Read More »

News

Nursing home blamed for woman’s death

CHARLESTON – The administratix of the estate of a Kanawha County woman has filed a wrongful death suit against a local nursing home, claiming it is to blame for the woman’s death. Beverly Goldfarb filed a suit July 9 in … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Letter to the Editor: Published report had C8 facts wrong

Dear Editor: A news story published earlier this month in Parkersburg and Marietta regarding the Dupont C8 class action settlement in Wood Circuit Court erroneously confuses the settlement Science Panel finances, budget, and mission with the separate Brookmar, Inc. budgets … Read More »

Arguments

McGraw staged media blitz in Eastern Panhandle, CALA says

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McGraw

MARTINSBURG – Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s ever-increasing presence in the state’s Eastern Panhandle was the subject of a watchdog organization’s speech Thursday.
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News, State Attorney General, State Government

McGraw sues heating and cooling company over complaints

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McGraw

CHARLESTON — Attorney General McGraw’s office has filed a lawsuit against ET Burns Mechanical Corporation, doing business as Harper’s Heating and Cooling.
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Kanawha County, News

PERSONNEL FILE: Five Kay Casto & Chaney members named Super Lawyers

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Booker

CHARLESTON — Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC has announced that five of its member attorneys were included in West Virginia Super Lawyers for 2007 as published in July.
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News, Personnel File

Justices grant new trial to man in Taco Bell robbery

CHARLESTON – Julian Smith, who served 14 years of a 40-year prison sentence for a robbery at a Taco Bell in South Charleston, has won a new trial. The state Supreme Court of Appeals decided last month that Kanawha Circuit … Read More »

News, State Supreme Court