Kanawha County Category Archives: Kanawha County

CHARLESTON – Erin Winter and Andrew Paternostro of Bell & Bands in Charleston filed three wrongful death suits against nursing homes in two days. On June 9 they sued Health Care and Retirement Corporation, owner of Heartland nursing home in … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man has filed a suit against the City of Charleston, a humane officer and employees of a local veterinary hospital, claiming they took his dog and spayed her without his permission, and charged him with … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man has filed a suit against the group home where he worked, claiming he was fired for not administering CPR to a resident who had blood in his mouth. Deon Marshall filed the suit June … Read More »

CHARLESTON – An Ohio man is suing a Kanawha County company after he fell 22 feet from scaffolding he was on while painting a Charleston building. Kevin Copley filed the suit June 2 in Kanawha Circuit Court against W.Q. Watters … Read More »

CHARLESTON – Regional Transit Authority bus driver Bryan William Smith of St. Albans wanted two insurers to pay for injuries he suffered in a crash, but in order to bring his claim to court he needed to sue Kanawha County … Read More »

CHARLESTON –- A Wood County children’s advocacy group is wondering if a family law judge isn’t following the law, why is he even in office? On June 13, the Vienna-based Men and Women Against Discrimination filed a complaint with the … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a local grocery store after she slipped and fell in the store, and was injured. Anna Davis filed the suit May 30 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Kroger Co. … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A Monongalia County man has filed a suit against 79 companies, after he contracted asbestosis and mesothelioma. Attorney David P. Chervenick filed the suit on behalf of Joseph M. Hutchison III and his wife, Ann Hutchison, on June … Read More »

CHARLESTON – Mary Kathryn Black, widow of steelworker Steve Black, claims in a Kanawha County suit that he died because 35 companies exposed him to asbestos. Cindy Kiblinger of James F. Humphreys & Associates in Charleston filed the suit June … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A state pharmaceutical company is being sued by the estate of a woman who died after she was accidentally overdosed with a drug distributed by the company. Bobbi Myers, the administratrix of the estate of Elizabeth Starr, filed … Read More »

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CHARLESTON – Kanawha Circuit Judge Duke Bloom will read e-mails from offices of Chief Justice Spike Maynard and decide if the rest of the world can read them.
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CHARLESTON — Mountain State judges and juries could screen who qualifies to be an “expert witness” if West Virginia adopts a plan pending in the Louisiana legislature.
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CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against the Board of Education, on behalf of her daughter, who allegedly was mistreated, humiliated and abused by her teacher. Laura Young filed the suit May 16 in Kanawha Circuit … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A Putnam County man filed a suit against a local automobile dealership after he slipped in the service facility and injured his knee. Charles Teel filed the suit May 19 in Kanawha Circuit Court, against his employer, Joe … Read More »

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a local grocery store after she was injured when she fell in the store. Carolyn Hart filed the suit May 21 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Sissonville Foodland and … Read More »