Monthly Archives: October 2008

McGraw, Obama in trouble in W.Va., poll shows

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McGraw

CHARLESTON – Four-term West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw likely will fail in his efforts to be re-elected, a North Carolina-based polling firm says.
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News, State Attorney General, State Government

Toriseva attacked by La. attorney in federal document

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Toriseva

CHARLESTON – A Louisiana lawyer has advised U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin that he shouldn’t trust Wheeling attorney Teresa Toriseva.
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Federal Court, News

Trial date set for law student who wanted more time on bar exam

CHARLESTON – Law school graduate Shannon Kelly and the West Virginia Board of Law Examiners have jointly set a July 1 trial on Kelly’s claim that the examiners didn’t fully accommodate his learning disorder when he took the bar examination. … Read More »

Federal Court, News

Wildlife sanctuary owner wants ‘justice not financial gain’

ELKINS – Wildlife sanctuary owner Joel Rosenthal has offered to drop a claim for damages against state conservation agents who prosecuted him for rescuing a half drowned fawn. “I, the plaintiff, seek only justice not financial gain,” Rosenthal wrote in … Read More »

Federal Court, News

YOUR LEGAL WRITES: Law firms and title work

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On the front page of a service marketing Web site, the headline states that the industry’s current business developer of the year is generating big results in her accounting firm.
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News, Your Legal Writes

THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

Sept. 22 David Richard Cole v. Jennifer Miller, McKenzie Enterprises, doing business as Fazoli’s PA – Lia DiTrapano Fairless; J – Stucky * David Richard Cole filed a suit against Fazoli’s after he was injured at the Nitro Market Place … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

THIS JUST IN: Cabell County

Oct. 14 Kim Tomblin v. WCHS-TV PA-Jay Love; J-David M. Pancake * Tomblin operates a daycare in Barboursville. On July 17, 2008, WCHS aired a segment on its new broadcast that detailed allegations of sexual misconduct by one of the … Read More »

Cabell County, News

THIS JUST IN: Putnam County

Oct. 23 Jerry W. Herdman vs. Matthew Gibson PA-pro se; J-Eagloski * Herdman of Buzz Food Services says Gibson owes $5,067.23 for food sold to his for his businesses in Frazier’s Bottom and in Coal Grove, Ohio. He seeks that … Read More »

News, Putnam County

THIS JUST IN: Ohio County

Oct. 14 The Cadle Company II Inc. vs. John Whipkey PA- Victor O. Buente, Jr.; J-Recht * On Aug. 10, 1997, Steel Valley Bank, NA obtained a money judgment against Whipkey in Jefferson County, Ohio. This judgment assigned to the … Read More »

News, Ohio County

THIS JUST IN: Berkeley County

Oct. 3 West Virginia University Hospitals Inc. vs. Jerry Jose Davis PA – Edward Harman Jr.; J – David Sanders * The plaintiff claims Davis owes at least $239,282.37 plus interest for medical services provided in January 2008. Case number: … Read More »

Berkeley County, News

THIS JUST IN: Boone County

Aug. 25 Independence Coal Company vs. Universal Coal Services Inc. PA-Phillip C. Monroe; J-Thompson * Plaintiff seeks to determine compensatory damages for replacement of a bulldozer it says was lost by a worker of the defendant, an independent contractor from … Read More »

Boone County, News

THIS JUST IN: Jefferson County

Oct. 20 Yvette Mikles v. Jefferson County Education Foundation Inc. d/b/a Jefferson County Board of Education and Benny Hardy PA – Mark Jenkinson J- Steptoe * Yvette Mikles, was a passenger in a Jefferson County Board of Education vehicle being … Read More »

Jefferson County, News

THIS JUST IN: Marshall County

Sept. 2 Fraze Richard Colley, and Nola M. Colley v. American Electric Power Company Inc.; et al. PA- Leslie Ann James; J- Karl * Colley worked with and was exposed to asbestos–containing products as a boilermaker and welder at power … Read More »

Marshall County, News

Judge wants more time to mull Visa/MC fee issue

WHEELING – An Ohio County judge says he needs more time to rule on how much attorneys will be paid in Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s multi-million dollar case against Visa and MasterCard. Ohio Circuit Judge Ronald Wilson made that announcement … Read More »

News, Ohio County

Company says ads weren’t placed in phone books

MORGANTOWN — A Morgantown company has filed suit against Idearc Media Corp. and one of its employees, alleging its paid advertisements were not placed in the yellow pages of West Virginia phone books. Secure US claims it paid to have … Read More »

Federal Court, News