Daily Archives: November 20, 2012

Woman sues Huntington Health & Rehab for mother’s death

HUNTINGTON – A woman is suing Seventeenth Street Associates, LLC after she claims it failed to care for her mother. Seventeenth Street Associates, LLC, is doing business as Huntington Health and Rehabilitation Center. Arline Baumgardner was a nursing home resident … Read More »

Cabell County, News

Standard Environmental says Frasure Creek Mining failed to pay for goods, services

WINFIELD – Standard Environmental is suing Frasure Creek Mining, LLC, after it claims it is owed more than $15,000 for goods and services. Standard Environmental is a division of Standard Laboratories, Inc. On Dec. 31, 2011, Standard invoiced Frasure Creek … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Cross Lanes widow names 51 defendants in asbestos case

CHARLESTON – A Cross Lanes woman is suing 51 companies she claims are responsible for her late husband’s colon cancer and death. Michael J. Bush Sr. was diagnosed with colon cancer on Nov. 19, 2010, and he died on Jan. … Read More »

Asbestos, Kanawha County, News

Woman blames employer for fall in parking lot

CHARLESTON – A Logan County woman is suing the Children’s Home Society of West Virginia, Inc., after she claims she was injured when she was forced to move her car in the snowy parking lot. Deshawna Carter was employed by … Read More »

Kanawha County, News, Personal Injury

Sutton couple names 67 defendants in asbestos case

CHARLESTON – A Sutton couple is suing 67 companies they claim are responsible for a mesothelioma diagnosis. Camden David Hudkins performed automotive mechanic work while working for Cantrell Motors Ford in Weirton and performed residential construction work while employed at … Read More »

Asbestos, Kanawha County, News

Student says he was injured while playing game in gym class

WINFIELD – A Winfield High School student is suing the Putnam County Board of Education after he claims he was injured while playing a game in his physical education class. Jerry Lee McCallister III, who was a minor at the … Read More »

News, Putnam County

Peirce firm won’t get fees info in racketeering case against it

WHEELING – CSX Transportation will not have to provide the amount it has spent on attorneys fees while fighting asbestos claims brought by a Pittsburgh law firm that it says were fabricated. U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp ruled Oct. 29 … Read More »

Asbestos, Federal Court, Ohio County

Logan man says insurer never resolved claim

MADISON — Logan County resident Thomas E. Thompson, Jr., thinks his auto insurance provider has never settled his underinsured motorist’s coverage claim relative to a vehicle collision five years ago. He says he was injured because driver of the other … Read More »

Boone County, News

SC affirms dismissal of civil rights suit

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has upheld a lower court’s decision that dismissed a Nicholas County man’s civil rights suit. The lawsuit alleged a deputy sheriff’s inaction caused him to be tried as an adult rather than a juvenile. … Read More »

News, Nicholas County, State Supreme Court

SC answers question for Fourth Circuit in arbitration dispute

CHARLESTON – “The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has certified a question to this Court that concerns two areas of state law: the law of contract formation, and the doctrine of unconscionability,” begins a Nov. 15 … Read More »

Berkeley County, Federal Court, News, State Supreme Court

SC makes several rulings in case over auto accident

CHARLESTON – A 2008 automobile accident case was sent back to the Circuit Court of Harrison County for further deliberations after the state Supreme Court made several holdings regarding state insurance law on Nov. 15. On Oct. 27, 2008, Jeffrey … Read More »

Harrison County, News, State Supreme Court

Insurers lose challenge of medical protective orders

CHARLESTON – For the third time in three years, the state Supreme Court has upheld the validity and enforceability of a particular type of medical protective order against a challenge by insurance companies. The medical protective orders in question have … Read More »

News, State Supreme Court

Supreme Court rules confidentiality claims not preempted by federal law

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court on Nov. 15 reversed the dismissal of a medical breach of confidentiality suit and sent it back to the Circuit Court of Cabell County for further proceedings. The circuit court had dismissed the suit … Read More »

Cabell County, News, State Supreme Court

Company to prevent waste from reaching ground in Ravenswood

RAVENSWOOD – Three companies in Ravenswood have signed a consent order with the Environmental Protection Agency to prevent releases of cyanide into soil and groundwater at their 2.7-acre site. TRC Companies, TRC Environmental Corp. and Ravenswood Holdings Company will now … Read More »

Jackson County, News