Daily Archives: November 26, 2012

Putnam family law judge admits to unprofessional conduct

CHARLESTON – On the eve of a disciplinary hearing against him, a Putnam County family law judge has admitted he behaved inappropriately and unprofessionally in several litigants’ cases. In a letter dated Nov. 19, Special Judicial Disciplinary Counsel Rachael L. … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Benjamin dissent in insurance case says plaintiffs would get med payment windfall

  CHARLESTON – Justice Brent D. Benjamin has filed a dissent in an automobile accident case in which the Supreme Court of West Virginia made several significant insurance law holdings on Nov. 15. The case, Jeffrey Jenkins and M. Jean McNabb … Read More »

Insurance, News, State Supreme Court

Judgment against Quicken Loans affirmed by Supreme Court

  CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court has agreed with a trial court finding that Quicken Loans, Inc. committed fraud and violated various provisions of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act in a mortgage loan with an … Read More »

Contract, News, State Supreme Court

SC tells student which school to attend

CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has upheld a judge’s ruling that the Gilmer County Board of Education was correct in ordering a child to attend school where her parents reside, and not where they work. The Court on Nov. … Read More »

Gilmer County, News

Man sues Olive Garden for injuries at restaurant

CHARLESTON – A Charleston man is suing Olive Garden for injuries he sustained at one of its restaurants. GMRI, Inc., is doing business as the Olive Garden Restaurant, Inc. Darden GC Corp; Darden Restaurants, Inc.; and David Sparks, the manager … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Woman sues Slack Group for mobile home problems

CHARLESTON – A woman is suing Slack Group, LLC after she claims her mobile home trailer had standing water problems that caused her children to be injured. Audrey Short purchased a mobile home trailer from the defendant’s predecessor in 2007 … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Woman blames physician for husband’s death

CHARLESTON – A woman is suing a Charleston physician after she claims the physician is responsible for her husband’s death. On Sept. 8, 2011, Thomas Francis Wright had a cystoscopy performed at Charleston Area Medical Center by Dr. Cyus Mali, … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Woman sues Genesis Healthcare

CHARLESTON – A woman is suing Genesis Healthcare Corporation after she claims it is responsible for the death of her family member. Genesis Healthcare, LLC; Teays Valley Haven Limited Partnership; 590 North Poplar Fork Road Operations, LLC; Matthew Keefer; John … Read More »

Kanawha County, News

Suspended attorney faces lawsuit from BB&T

CHARLESTON – Though his law license may be on hiatus, Charles L. “Dusty” Phalen’s legal problems aren’t. Two months before the Court placed Phalen on a year-long suspension, Branch Banking and Trust named him as a co-defendant in breach of … Read More »

Kanawha County, News