Monthly Archives: November 2008

Dentists tricked woman into veneers, suit claims

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CHARLESTON – A Clendenin couple has filed suit against a Charleston dental company, two of its dentists and credit agencies, claiming the dentists led a woman into believing she was receiving free veneers when in fact she was signing a credit application to pay for them.
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Kanawha County, News

Disbarred attorneys had multiple complaints, records show

CHARLESTON – Should they seek to again practice law in starting in 2013, John E. Lutz and Anthony Tatano will still have to answer to collectively a dozen clients why they failed in their legal duties. On Nov. 5, the … Read More »

News, State Supreme Court

22 federal suits filed over hormone replacement drugs

HUNTINGTON — At least 22 federal lawsuits were filed over a period of two days against drug company Wyeth in which plaintiffs alleged the company’s hormone replacement therapy drugs for menopausal women can cause severe side effects such as cancer … Read More »

Federal Court, News

Former WVU-P professor says he was underpaid $26,000

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CHARLESTON – A former West Virginia University professor is asking the court to award him over $25,000 he alleges he was underpaid during his nearly seven years of employment.
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Kanawha County, News

Justice remand gravel driveway case back to Cabell judge

CHARLESTON – Cabell Circuit Judge David Pancake peered at a deed and thought he saw an easement to a gravel driveway off a Huntington street. But, according to the state Supreme Court of Appeals, he just imagined it. The Justices … Read More »

News, State Supreme Court

Kanawha man files age discrmination suit against Wachovia

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CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man has filed suit against Wachovia, claiming he was demoted from his job as senior vice president/complex manager for the company’s Charleston complex because of his age.
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Federal Court, News

Court suspends one, disbars two attorneys

CHARLESTON – The licenses of three attorneys have either been suspended or annulled by recent order of the state Supreme Court. In a press release issued Nov. 19, the Office of Disciplinary Counsel, the investigative arm of the state Bar, … Read More »

News, State Supreme Court

ALL THINGS JURY: Litigation Hellholes: Is it the juries or the system?

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Why are West Virginia and other venues considered “litigation hellholes” by many? Are the underlying reasons primarily a product of local juror attitudes and opinions or more closely tied to the workings of the local legal system? Read More »

All Things Jury, News

Tissue samples misdiagnosed leading to cancer fight, suit alleges

PARKERSBURG – A Pleasants County woman has filed suit against a Wood County hospital and a New York physician, alleging they failed to timely diagnosis tissue samples from her scalp as cancerous. On Aug. 26, Barbara Lauer of St. Marys … Read More »

News

Sears seeks to have circular saw suit dismissed

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BLUEFIELD – Sears has requested the federal court drop a complaint a McDowell County man filed against the company after his fingers were lacerated while he was using a circular saw purchased from the store. Read More »

Federal Court, News

Woman sues after injuring ankle at Lowe’s

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CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a national home improvement store after she injured her ankle while shopping at the store.
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Kanawha County, News

Putnam woman sues after fall at Tater’s

CHARLESTON – A Putnam County woman has filed a suit against a local business after she was injured while a patron at the establishment. Joyce Summers filed a suit Oct. 6 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Tater’s Pit Stop and … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Morgantown spa sues Wisconsin company over name

CLARKSBURG — A West Virginia company has filed a federal suit against a Wisconsin company with the same name, alleging it lost business after its customers traveled long distances to go to the Wisconsin corporation. Spa Roma, located in Morgantown, … Read More »

Federal Court, News

Goodwin calls pre-Thanksgiving Digitek conference

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Goodwin

CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin ruined holiday appetites of four leaders in national litigation over heart medicine Digitek, summoning them to chambers a day before Thanksgiving for private conversation about mutiny in their ranks.
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Federal Court, News

Woman says dentist caused more problems

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CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a local dentist, claiming the dentist negligently performed a dental makeover, causing the woman to suffer severe dental problems. Read More »

Kanawha County, News