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Plaintiff in slip-and-fall agrees to limit on recovery

December 31, 2012 12:34 PM
By John O'Brien

HUNTINGTON – Because the plaintiff agreed not to seek more than $35,000, a federal judge has remanded a slip-and-fall lawsuit against Target. U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers on Dec. 27 remanded the case to Cabell County Circuit Court, where it … Read More »

Cabell County, Federal Court, News, Personal Injury

Asbestos firm sanctioned before racketeering verdict

December 27, 2012 7:27 PM
By John O'Brien

WHEELING – Even though a jury has found a former Pittsburgh law firm filed false asbestos claims against CSX Transportation, there are still other issues to be resolved. On Dec. 27, U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp entered an order explaining … Read More »

Asbestos, Federal Court, Ohio County

Jury rules asbestos attorneys, radiologist conspired on fraudulent asbestos claims

December 20, 2012 11:18 PM
By John O'Brien

WHEELING – A jury has found two members of a former Pittsburgh law firm engaged in racketeering when they conspired with a Bridgeport radiologist to fabricate asbestos claims. The verdict, reached Dec. 20, comes more than seven years after CSX … Read More »

Asbestos, Federal Court, Ohio County

Cabell Huntington Hospital pays maximum in settlement

December 19, 2012 11:38 AM
By John O'Brien

HUNTINGTON – Cabell Huntington Hospital has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the estate of a woman who died there in July 2011 after being involved in a car-motorcycle accident in Kentucky. U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers approved the … Read More »

Cabell County, Medical Malpractice

Peirce firm, CSX bicker over fraud theory during trial

December 17, 2012 4:05 PM
By John O'Brien

WHEELING – The law firm accused of racketeering and fabricating asbestos claims says CSX Transportation has belatedly introduced a new theory of fraud liability during trial. Robert Peirce and Louis Raimond – formerly of the Pittsburgh law firm Peirce, Raimond … Read More »

Asbestos, Federal Court, Ohio County

West Virginia places second on ‘Judicial Hellhole’ list

December 13, 2012 1:05 AM
By John O'Brien

WASHINGTON – Despite “occasional glimmers of hope,” the American Tort Reform Association has nonetheless placed West Virginia high on its list of annual list of Judicial Hellholes again. ATRA ranked West Virginia as the No. 2 hellhole in the country, … Read More »

Asbestos, State Attorney General, State Supreme Court

Speed of legal reform an issue in wake of ‘Hellhole’ report

December 13, 2012 1:04 AM
By John O'Brien

WHEELING – West Virginia’s inclusion on this year’s “Judicial Hellholes” report published by the American Tort Reform Association does not surprise the president of the state’s trial lawyers group. Scott Blass, an attorney with Wheeling’s Bordas & Bordas and the … Read More »

State Supreme Court

CSX says Peirce firm violated discovery order, wants counterclaims dismissed

December 10, 2012 6:38 PM
By John O'Brien

WHEELING – CSX Transportation is asking a federal court to impose sanctions against a former Pittsburgh law firm it is accusing of making false asbestos claims. CSX filed its motion for sanctions Dec. 7 in the Wheeling federal court that … Read More »

Asbestos, Federal Court, Ohio County

Bordas: Quicken Loans ruling a win for consumers

December 7, 2012 8:00 AM
By John O'Brien

CHARLESTON – An attorney involved in a recent state Supreme Court decision is pleased the court decided attorneys fees can be applied when calculating punitive damages. Jim Bordas, of the Wheeling firm Bordas and Bordas, said the court was right … Read More »

Ohio County, State Attorney General, State Supreme Court

Ethics panel recommends Judge Watkins be suspended until end of term

December 4, 2012 10:59 PM
By Lawrence Smith

CHARLESTON – For not only his pattern of misconduct, but also failure to show remorse during a recent hearing, a judicial ethics panel is recommending a Putnam County family law judge be suspended for the remainder of his time on … Read More »

Putnam County

Board of Education fires Marple again, files response to lawsuit

December 3, 2012 3:22 PM
By John O'Brien

CHARLESTON – A day after firing Superintendent Jorea Marple for a second time, the state Board of Education on Nov. 30 filed a response to the lawsuit filed against it over the first firing. Mountain State Justice filed a lawsuit … Read More »

Kanawha County, State Government