WHEELING – A federal judge has granted a motion to dismiss one count in two lawsuits alleging breach of contract against SWN Product Company and Chesapeake Appalachia.
MORGANTOWN – Clayton “C.J." Reid graduated from West Virginia University College of Law in May after amassing a school record-setting 840 hours of pro bono work during his tenure as a law student.
WHEELING – A man and his wife are suing Jay-Bee Oil & Gas after they claim two supervisors created a hostile work environment and their actions constituted assault and battery.
CLARKSBURG – Two defendants in a multidistrict litigation proceeding involving the Telephone Consumer Protection Act have won summary judgment, dismissing them from an MDL containing 30 cases. The lawsuits sought to hold UTC Fire & Security Americas and Honeywell vicariously liable for calls made by other companies that were attempting to sell home monitoring systems made by UTC and Honeywell.
WHEELING – A woman is suing Portfolio Recovery Associates after she claims it violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act. Kathryn Eakin became in arrears upon an alleged indebtedness to the defendant and the defendant began to engage in collection of the indebtedness through the use of telephone calls and written communications placed to Eakin, according to a complaint originally filed in Randolph Circuit Court and remove to federal court.
WHEELING – A federal judge ruled Oct 17 that the Environmental Protection Agency must comply with a federal code requiring the agency to evaluate the impact of its air pollution regulation on the coal industry’s workforce.
ELKINS – A Louisiana father is suing Q&A Associates after they claim it is responsible for their son’s suicide.
Angela Shockley, Keith Bishop, Matthew Shockley, Sandy Schmiedeknecht and Tammy Robbins were also named as defendants in the suit.
WHEELING – District Judge John Preston Bailey denied Ball Corporation and Ball Metal Food Container LLC’s partial motion to dismiss in a lawsuit alleging an employee sustained hand injuries at work.
