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CIVIL FILINGS: Jefferson County

December 21, 2012 6:45 AM
By Toni L. Milbourne

Nov. 9 Jess Reed, Attorney-in-fact for William Reed and Naomi Reed vs. David R. Zimmerman and Cathern Zimmerman PA-J. Michael Cassell J-David Sanders * Plaintiff alleges that defendant conveyed to plaintiffs a parcel of real estate in 1988 with non-exclusive … Read More »

Jefferson County, News

Charles Town false arrest suit filed by Haitian immigrants settled

December 14, 2012 7:05 AM
By Lawrence Smith

MARTINSBURG – The lawsuit filed by two Haitian immigrants claiming they were mistakenly arrested by Charles Town police last year has come to a close. U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey on Dec. 3 ordered the dismissal of Indony and … Read More »

Federal Court, Jefferson County, News

Justice Benjamin: Opinion in car wreck case went too far

December 13, 2012 7:00 AM
By Nathan Bass

CHARLESTON – In a written concurrence released Dec. 7, Justice Brent Benjamin took issue with the advisory opinion style of the Supreme Court’s reversal and remand of a grant of summary judgment in a car accident case that resulted in the … Read More »

Jefferson County, News, State Supreme Court

Racketeering claims made in federal suits against Mountain State University

December 12, 2012 7:00 AM
By John O'Brien

MARTINSBURG – Several more lawsuits have been filed in federal court against Mountain State University over its alleged failure to inform students of the school’s accreditation issues. The federal lawsuits against Mountain State and former university president Charles Polk differ … Read More »

Federal Court, Jefferson County, Mountain State University, News

New Eastern Panhandle circuit judge to take office Friday

December 11, 2012 3:43 PM
By Kyla Asbury

CHARLES TOWN – Michael Douglas Lorensen will be sworn in as West Virginia’s newest circuit judge in a brief ceremony on Dec. 14 at 10 a.m. in the second floor courtroom of the Jefferson County Courthouse. Lorensen will begin work … Read More »

Jefferson County, News

Settlement cancels bifurcated trial over wet floor at 7-11

December 5, 2012 9:00 AM
By John O'Brien

MARTINSBURG – After a federal judge found that a wet floor on a rainy day could possibly meet a gross negligence standard, a Jefferson County woman and 7-11 have settled her slip-and-fall case. U.S. District Judge Gina Groh ruled against … Read More »

Federal Court, Jefferson County, News, Personal Injury