Kanawha County Category Archives: Kanawha County

Mingo woman says Wal-Mart supervisor harassed her

CHARLESTON – A Mingo County woman has filed a suit against a national retail giant, claiming her supervisor sexually harassed her while she was working at the Logan County store. Farrah Farley filed the suit Feb. 19 in Kanawha Circuit … Read More »

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Former school administrator sues Charleston attorney

CHARLESTON – A former Kanawha County Schools administrator is asking the Kanawha Magistrate Court to settle a long-standing dispute she has with her former attorney. The administrator alleges the attorney not only failed to properly render assistance in grievance she … Read More »

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ODC clears Evans in N.J. man’s complaint, but not without warning

CHARLESTON – Debra Santer is not the only one with a beef against Cynthia Evans for failure to render legal services. So is a New Jersey man who alleges Evans’ inaction led to a loss of his son’s baseball scholarship … Read More »

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This Just In: Kanawha County

March 7 Norma Price, executrix of the estate of Harry K. Price, and in her own right v. George B. Vieweg III PA – Ralph C. Young; J – Berger * Norma Price filed a suit against her former attorney, … Read More »

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Man says he was fired after filing workers’ comp claim

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man has filed a suit against a local coal company, claiming he was fired after he filed a workers’ compensation claim for injuries he sustained on the job. Timothy Bishop filed a suit Feb. 20 … Read More »

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Barbour Co. man names 25 company in asbestos suit

CHARLESTON – A Barbour County man has filed an asbestos suit against 25 companies, claiming he was exposed to the dangerous mineral dust as a child, when his father came home from work with the dusts on his clothing. Jennings … Read More »

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Pruntytown inmate sues over kitchen burn injury

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Pruntytown Correctional Center

CHARLESTON – An inmate at Pruntytown Correctional Center has filed a suit against the center, its warden and the state Division of Corrections after she was burned while cleaning an oven in the kitchen.
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Woman says doctor failed to diagnose breast cancer

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Granese

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a physician, claiming the doctor failed to diagnose a mass in her right breast, which ultimately was found to be metastatic breast cancer.
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Trial set in Glenville State basketball case

CHARLESTON – A trial date has been set for a Cabell County family that sued Glenville State College after members of the college’s athletic department allegedly mistreated their son, a member of the school’s basketball team. The case between Glenville … Read More »

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THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

Feb. 25 Linda Lowe and Jerry Lowe v. OSI Restaurant Partners, LLC, as successor in interest to OSI Restaurant Partners, Inc., fka Outback Steakhouse, Inc., et al PA – Robert D. Cline; J – King * Linda Lowe filed a … Read More »

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Putnam pastor, wife on witness lists in sexual abuse civil case

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Chesapeake Apostolic Church

CHARLESTON – The names of a Putnam County minister and his wife, whose son is accused of repeatedly violating a domestic violence protective order, have surfaced in a civil suit alleging one of their former parishioners sexually abused a teenage girl at an Upper Kanawha Valley Pentecostal church in 2006.
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Charleston man charged in four-year-old domestic battery incident

WINFIELD – In addition to being free on bond on a four-year old domestic battery charge in Putnam County, a Charleston man faces the prospect of going to jail for violating the terms of his bond in a more recent … Read More »

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Ohio man sues after fall at Turnpike plaza

CHARLESTON – An Ohio man filed a suit against a gas station at the Beckley Travel Plaza after he slipped on ice while stopping on his trip to Florida. John Orban filed the suit Feb. 13 in Kanawha Circuit Court … Read More »

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Home health care provider caused injury, suit claims

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman and the woman appointed to be her power of attorney have filed a suit against a local home health care company after the woman was injured when someone from the health care company was … Read More »

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Two carpenters say they were attacked while picketing

CHARLESTON – Two members of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters filed a suit against a local construction company after they were assaulted outside a construction site while picketing. Joseph M. Elliott and Randall T. May, both of Wood County, … Read More »

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