Boone County Category Archives: Boone County

Class action filed by estate of man who shot self defeated

CHARLESTON – Ally Financial and West Asset Management have won summary judgment in a class action lawsuit brought by the wife of a Boone County man who shot himself after a standoff with police. On May 2, U.S. District Judge … Read More »

Boone County, Class Action, Federal Court

Frontier defeats $3.6M wrongful termination claim

MADISON – A defense verdict was reached recently in a lawsuit against Frontier West Virginia Inc. in which a former employee was claiming he was wrongfully terminated from his employment. Frontier Communications Corporate Services Inc., Frontier Communications ILEC Holdings Inc., … Read More »

Boone County, Wrongful Termination

CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County

Feb. 14 Milton and Darlene Kincaid vs. Mine Safety Appliances Co.; Persinger Supply Co.; Raleigh Mine and Industrial Supply, Inc.; and Eastern States Mine Supply Co. PA- G. Todd Houck; J- William S. Thompson * A coal miner for 35 … Read More »

Boone County, News

Coal miner says he was fired because of disability

MADISON – Bryan Angel contends he was wrongfully discharged from his coal mining job because of his disability status. Charleston attorneys David Grubb and Kristina Thomas Whiteaker filed Angel’s suit Feb. 1 in Boone County Circuit Court seeking jury trial. … Read More »

Boone County, News, Wrongful Termination

CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County

Feb. 7 Grove Jerace vs. Brody Mining, LLC and Newhall Contracting, Inc. PA- Pamela A. Lambert; J- William S. Thompson * Logan County resident’s personal injury suit alleges he was working keeping the continuous miner cable out of the way … Read More »

Boone County, News

CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County

Jan. 22 Harvey Trucking, Inc. vs. CSX Transportation, Inc., and John Doe, an unidentified driver PA- Daniel R. Schuda; J- William S. Thompson *The plaintiff seeks a jury award to compensate it for damages to its loaded coal truck from … Read More »

Boone County, News

Lawsuit contests sale of Danville Nail & Spa

MADISON – A Vietnamese woman is seeking injunctive relief enjoining the sale of Danville Nail & Spa. Plaintiff Arlene Pham is a native of Vietnam and family in California. Complaint represents that she married Ut Ngoc, also Vietnamese, in May … Read More »

Boone County, News

Lawsuit claims ambulance at fault for crash

MADISON – A Boone County couple are alleging they were harmed by people paid to help them. The Boone County Ambulance Authority is named as a co-defendant in a personal injury suit filed by Oleta Ruth and Darrell Spurlock. In … Read More »

Boone County, News

CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County

Dec. 6 Earl F. and Dianna E. Waddell vs. Performance Coal Co.; Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.; Alpha Appalachia Services, Inc.; Alpha Appalachia Holdings, Inc.; Alpha Natural Resources Services, LLC; Consolidation Coal Co.; Mountain Energy, LLC; Mountain Edge Mining, Inc.; Lightening … Read More »

Boone County, News

Boone suit blames coal company for amputated leg

MADISON – A personal injury suit in Boone Circuit Court claims an unsupported roof in an Elk Run Coal Co. mine cause Clyde P. Holsten to lose his leg. Attorneys of Ranson Law Offices in Charleston brought Holsten’s suit Jan. … Read More »

Boone County, News, Personal Injury

CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County

Oct. 10 Ronald D. Nelson, on behalf of Helen Dillon, an Adult, seeking approval of a certain Special Supplemental Needs Trust PA- Larry L. Rowe; J- William S. Thompson * Nelson filed petition on behalf of his sister, who sought … Read More »

Boone County, News

Money seized in traffic stop the subject of civil action

MADISON – A routine road patrol stop developed information about crack cocaine trafficking, according to court records. Last August, State Trooper G.S. Walter, II, observed a small pickup truck traveling north on US 119 near Low Gap Road that had … Read More »

Boone County, News

Miss. law firm files nursing home suit in Boone County

MADISON – A Hattiesburg, Miss., law firm details 12 counts in a wrongful death suit against Advocate, Inc., and others and is seeking jury trial in Boone Circuit Court. Michael J. Fuller Jr., of McHugh Fuller Law Group, PLLC, filed … Read More »

Boone County, News

Man wants Boone Board of Education to boost salary

MADISON – Attorney Bobby R. Hale of Madison, representing himself, filed for a writ of mandamus in Boone Circuit Court to compel the Boone County Board of Education and its superintendent to properly compensate him for services as a “Plumber … Read More »

Boone County, News

CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County

Sept. 7 State of West Virginia and Boone County Sheriff’s Dept. vs. Nineteen Eighty Nine Chevrolet S-10, Adam Mitchell (interested party) PA- Justin A. Marlowe; J- William S. Thompson * Citing State Contraband Forfeiture Act, Petition For Forfeiture filed following … Read More »

Boone County, News