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U.S. SC reverses W.Va. SC’s ruling on arbitration agreements

February 21, 2012 3:15 PM
By Jessica M. Karmasek
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Ketchum

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has reversed the decision of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in a set of cases in which the state court ruled that arbitration agreements in nursing home contracts are “unconscionable and unenforceable.” Read More »

News, Personal Injury, State Supreme Court

W.Va. high court says city can’t be sued for injuries at trash station

February 10, 2012 7:55 AM
By Jessica M. Karmasek
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Ketchum

CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a ruling last month, said the city of Buckhannon could not be sued for a man’s injuries that resulted from unloading garbage at the city’s transfer station. Read More »

News, Personal Injury, State Supreme Court

Former WVU player trying to ‘Pittsnogle’ porn lawyer in court

February 9, 2012 12:30 PM
By John O'Brien
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Pittsnogle
(picture via msnsportsnet.com)

MARTINSBURG -– Kevin Pittsnogle –- the tattooed, 3-point-shooting 7-footer whose last name became a verb during his time on the West Virginia University basketball team –- says an attorney he hired for a custody battle took his money and ran.
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