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Appeals Board: McGraw wasn't representing West Virginians
11/19/2009 11:16 AM By John O'Brien -Statehouse Bureau

McGraw

CHARLESTON -- In penalizing the State of West Virginia $2.7 million, a federal appeals board also recently wrote that state Attorney General Darrell McGraw was not representing individual citizens when he sued OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma.

Man sues Go-Mart after injury at store
11/19/2009 12:56 PM By Kyla Asbury -Kanawha Bureau
CHARLESTON -- After an injury in one of its stores, a man is suing Go-Mart Inc.

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Mother of man killed by police sues for wrongful death
11/19/2009 11:00 AM By Kyla Asbury -Kanawha Bureau
CHARLESTON -- The mother of the man that was killed in September during a police chase has filed a lawsuit against the city of Charleston.
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Restaurant, woman settle lawsuit over coffee laced with cleaner
11/19/2009 10:45 AM By Kyla Asbury -Kanawha Bureau
CHARLESTON -- A woman who filed a lawsuit in 2007 against a Charleston restaurant after drinking coffee containing a cleaning chemical has settled.

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Heath

Reform report draws praise across the board
11/19/2009 9:15 AM By Chris Dickerson -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON -- State and national groups have offered praise for this week's report issued by the Independent Commission on Judicial Reform.

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Stout

PERSONNEL FILE: Stout named Trust, Estate Lawyer of 2010
11/19/2009 9:00 AM
HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that Bruce L. Stout has been named the Best Lawyers 2010 Trust and Estates Lawyer of the Year for Charleston.

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Lockhart

PERSONNEL FILE: Huddleston Bolen announces new associates
11/19/2009 9:00 AM
HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen is pleased to announce that Matt Lockhart and James "Bob" R. Mills have passed the West Virginia Bar Examination and are new associates in the firm's Huntington Office.

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DOJ, Gazette ask for another stay
11/19/2009 8:55 AM By Steve Korris -Kanawha Bureau
CHARLESTON - Department of Justice antitrust lawyers and owners of the Charleston Gazette once again have asked for a little more time to settle civil charges that Gazette owners created an illegal monopoly when they bought the Daily Mail.

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Steptoe

PERSONNEL FILE: Steptoe inducted as fellow of College of Labor and Employment Lawyers
11/19/2009 8:45 AM
CLARKSBURG -- Robert M. Steptoe Jr., chairman of Steptoe & Johnson, recently was elected a Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

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Redman

Jackson man also has issues with Redman's work in family court
11/19/2009 8:00 AM By Lawrence Smith -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON -- In addition to a recent legal malpractice suit, a Charleston attorney and former family law judge is accused by a former client in a complaint with the state Bar of misrepresenting his interests in a family law case.

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Workman

Workman: Former justice's e-mails should be released
11/18/2009 3:37 PM By John O'Brien -Statehouse Bureau
CHARLESTON - State Supreme Court Justice Margaret Workman has filed her dissent in a public records case, arguing that 13 e-mails written by former Justice Spike Maynard should have been released to the public.

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