CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has established the West Virginia Task Force on Lawyer Well-Being to make recommendations on how to address mental health and substance abuse issues in the legal profession.
MOUNDSVILLE – A New Martinsville man is seeking damages from a Proctor chemical plant owner after a liquid chlorine leak forced him to evacuate his property in 2016.
MOUNDSVILLE – Oil and gas leasehold owners for acreage in Marshall County allege that amounts are being deducted from royalties in breach of the leases.
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has denied a motion to stay discovery in a lawsuit against John Deere alleging West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and Federal Truth in Lending Act violations.
CHARLESTON – District Judge John Copenhaver approved a $23 million settlement for Century Aluminum employee who lost their retirement benefits, ending a lawsuit filed nearly eight years ago.
POINT PLEASANT — A New Haven woman is suing a West Virginia public utility, citing alleged insufficient measures taken to prevent injuries, liability and negligence.
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia University College of Law 2017 study abroad program recently returned from Brazil and it changed the perceptions of many a law student.
The Frito Bandito was the mustachioed, sombrero and bandoleer wearing cartoon spokesman of the 1960s who loved Fritos Corn Chips so much that he was willing to steal to get them.
WEBSTER SPRINGS – Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co. Inc. is suing a former employee it claims fraudulently obtained nearly $20,000 in disability benefits.
BLUEFIELD – After a local chain of strip clubs asked to have a recently filed lawsuit by two dancers dismissed or stayed, the parties agreed to mediation.
FAYETTEVILLE – Thirty lawsuits have been filed against CSX Transportation for the 2015 train derailment that caused approximately 300 families to evacuate the area due to fires, explosions and Bakken crude oil spilling into the Kanawha River.
