Daily Archives: July 24, 2008

Record seeks leave to file amicus brief in AP FOIA suit against state Supreme Court

July 24, 2008 4:15 PM
By Steve Korris

Canterbury

CHARLESTON – West Virginians can read electronic mail exchanges between judges and private citizens even if the e-mails mix public and private business, The West Virginia Record argues in Kanawha Circuit Court.
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Kanawha County, News

THEIR VIEW: Scratching my head over a straight Democratic ticket

July 24, 2008 11:55 AM

I sometimes get dozens of e-mails after certain commentaries on my Web site, and sometimes they really make you scratch your head.
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Arguments, Their View

Former Mingo deputy case goes to federal court

July 24, 2008 11:30 AM
By Steve Korris

CHARLESTON – Mingo County sheriff’s sergeant Roy Glenn Messer, who lost his job according to a June 26 opinion of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, seeks to overturn the ruling at U.S. district court in Charleston. By the … Read More »

Federal Court, News

Mercer prosecutor’s error ‘harmless,’ Maynard says

July 24, 2008 11:20 AM
By Steve Korris

Maynard

CHARLESTON – Former Mercer County prosecutor William Sadler didn’t prejudice jurors by referring to a sexual assault suspect’s failure to testify, according to Chief Justice Spike Maynard of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
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News, State Supreme Court

Law students get chance to lend hand via Legal Aid

July 24, 2008 11:10 AM
By Cara Bailey

CHARLESTON – Legal Aid of West Virginia recently gave law students the opportunity to help the legal community in West Virginia before they even receive a law degree.
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Kanawha County, News

Kanawha woman sues after dog attacked her

July 24, 2008 10:30 AM
By Cara Bailey

CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman filed a lawsuit against the owner of a pit bull after the dog attacked her. Gloria Koontz filed the suit June 11 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Evetta Kessel. Koontz was at Kessel’s house … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

PERSONNEL FILE: Defense Trial Counsel of W.Va. announces new officers

July 24, 2008 8:30 AM

The Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia recently elected new officers. From left, they are Thomas Hurney Jr., President; David Wyant, Vice President; Lee Hall Treasurer; Gerald Stowers, Secretary; and Robert Massie, Immediate Past President.

CHARLESTON — The Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia (DTCWV) recently held its 26th Annual Meeting at the Glade Springs Resort and Conference Center in Daniels.
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News, Personnel File

124 companies named in four asbestos suits

July 24, 2008 8:30 AM
By Cara Bailey

CHARLESTON – Four families filed lawsuits against 124 companies, claiming they suffered from deadly asbestos exposure while working with or around products from the companies. Pittsburgh attorney David P. Chervenick and Charleston attorney Scott Segal filed the lawsuits June 11 … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Nonprofit says Champion Industries stole info, clients

July 24, 2008 8:00 AM
By Cara Bailey

CHARLESTON – A state nonprofit company has filed a suit against a Huntington corporation seeking more than $2 million in damages, claiming the corporation took confidential information and stole business clients. Job Squad, which operates a presort mailing operation in … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

YOUR LEGAL WRITES: From Atticus Finch to Harry Potter

July 24, 2008 7:45 AM
By Kathryn E. Brown

“Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.” At least, those were the famous words of Charles Lamb, and English critic, poet, and essayist of the 1800s. The quotation was thought-provoking enough to make it into the preface of a famous novel, and it continues to haunt modern lawyers as they accept the realities of their profession. Read More »

News, Your Legal Writes