Kent Carper ELKINS – A Randolph County physician was denied his request for a new trial after he and a hospital were found responsible for blinding a man in a January judgment with an $1.85 million award.
Bobby Warner MOUNDSVILLE – In September 2000, things weren't going so well for Kanawha City residents Ernestine and Thurman Townsend. An elderly couple, they both had medical issues. She recently had had a heart attack and an aneurism and required Hospice care. He was facing the amputation of his leg because of an old war injury. Then things went from bad to worse.
CHARLESTON - Kanawha Circuit Judge Paul Zakaib will hold a hearing to discuss an injunction filed on behalf of West Virginia teachers who are seeking to block the merger of the state's two retirement plans.
The McCrory Building on Capitol Street soon might be the new home of Bailey and Glasser. CHARLESTON - The Charleston Urban Renewal Authority recently accepted the bid of law firm Bailey and Glasser to purchase the former McCrory's department store building on Capitol Street.
Attorney General Darrell McGraw CHARLESTON -- Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office says changes to the state workers' compensation system mean it needs more money to operate.
We aren't in the business of name-calling, but West Virginia's earning national ignominy is no occasion for local journalists to stick their heads in the sand.
Justice Larry Starcher CHARLESTON -- The city of Charleston is weighing its options a week after the state Supreme Court said it must put its user fee up for vote. Meanwhile, one Supreme Court justice said the $1 weekly fee is a burden on low-income workers in the city. While another justice said the city shouldn't be forced to have an election on the issue.
BELLEVILLE, IL--Ten plaintiffs from across the country, including one from West Virginia, filed a class action lawsuit against America Online (AOL) in the 20th Circuit Court of Illinois.