HUNTINGTON – Summary judgment was granted in a lawsuit against St. Mary’s Medical Center alleging wrongful termination. Circuit Judge Christopher D. Chiles dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice, after hearing oral arguments from the parties regarding summary judgment on Feb. 5. The order was filed Feb. 16.
Law firm Steptoe & Johnson will be a Premier Sponsor of the North American Prospect Expo in Houston, where international and domestic oil and gas exhibitors will come together to network and make business decisions.
CHARLESTON – A couple is suing Mingo Logan Coal Company after they claim injuries were sustained on its premises. Arch Coal Inc. and Willie Barker were also named as defendants in the suit. Jeremy Vance was employed as a coal miner at the Mountaineer II mine in Logan when he was seriously and permanently injured at the mine on April 1, according to a complaint filed in Boone Circuit Court and removed to federal court. Vance and his wife, Melissa Vance, claim Jeremy Vance was installing roof b
DENVER -- Steptoe & Johnson PLLC will be participating in this year’s annual NAPE Denver Expo in Denver, Colorado on Dec. 9 & 10, at the Colorado Convention Center.
HUNTINGTON – Prime Copy Plus is suing Sentinel Insurance Company after it claims the insurance company breached its contract by denying a claim. Prime is a first-party insured by Sentinel and David Robinson is a named insured under the first-party contract as well, according to a complaint filed in Cabell Circuit Court on Sept. 30 and removed to federal court on Nov. 4. On Aug. 27, 2014, a precipitous amount of rain fell in Huntington during a heavy rainstorm and, as a result of the heavy rain
HUNTINGTON – A man is suing Davis H. Elliot Construction Company Inc. after he claims it discriminated against him and wrongfully terminated his employment. Shannon L. Meade was employed by the defendant at its Scott Depot location from Feb. 2 until June, according to a complaint filed in Putnam Circuit Court and removed to federal court.
CLARKSBURG – West Virginia University has filed a motion to dismiss in a termination lawsuit alleging failure to state a claim. Dismissal is warranted because plaintiff failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and because she has also failed to avail herself of the exclusive remedy available to her, according to the motion filed in the U.S.
CHARLESTON – Twenty-two individuals are suing CONSOL of Kentucky Inc. after they claim their homes and properties were damaged because of the mine. Chesapeake Appalachia, Chesapeake Energy Corporation and an unknown individual were also named as defendants in the suit. Haskell Runyon Sr.; Donnie Baisden and Devonna Baisden; Ray Clark and Angela Clark; Thomas Fletcher and Lena Fletcher; Kenneth Neal and Brenda Neal; Wilma Reed; Freddie Runyon; Haskell Runyon Jr. and Bonnie Runyon; Frank Smith a
BECKLEY – A man filed a class action lawsuit against Liberty University, claiming it violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act. On July 28, Liberty University mailed Stephen Snuffer a letter informing him that he allegedly owed $2,470.89, with a possible interest of $892.80 and a possible amount due of $3,363.69, according to a complaint filed in Raleigh Circuit Court and removed to federal court Oct. 13. Snuffer claims the letter informing him if he did not make arrangemen
HUNTINGTON – A man is suing Toyota Motor Manufacturing West Virginia Inc. after he claims his employment was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for applying for workers' compensation benefits. Manpower of WV Inc. was also named as a defendant in the suit. Andrian Sowards began employment with the defendants on May 19, 2014, and, during his employment, Manpower issued checks for payment of Sowards' wages, according to a complaint originally filed in Putnam Circuit Court and removed the federa
BRIDGEPORT – Steptoe & Johnson has named Mark D. Combs its Chief Information Officer. Combs will oversee all of the firm’s information technology functions and lead a personnel team supporting more than 325 attorneys in 14 offices.
HUNTINGTON – A woman is suing Huntington Health & Rehabilitation Center after she claims her family member was neglected and abused during his time at the center. Seventeenth Street Associates is doing business as Huntington Health and Rehabilitation Center. SMV Huntington LLC; SSC Huntington Operating Company LLC; SSC Submaster Holdings LLC; SavaSeniorCare LLC; and SSC Special Holdings LLC were also named as defendants in the suit. On April 3, 2014, Gene Harrison was admitted to Huntington H
CLARKSBURG – A lawsuit alleging Healthsouth Corporation discriminated against a former employee because of her age was removed to federal court, where the plaintiff filed to voluntarily dismiss the case. Bonnie Shaffer filed her motion for voluntary dismissal in the U.S.
WHEELING – Steptoe & Johnson attorney Jason Lucas has received the inaugural Russell Schetroma Memorial Speaker’s Award from the National Association of Division Order Analysts (NADOA).
?WHEELING – Steptoe & Johnson PLLC has named Timothy M. McKeen the managing member of its Wheeling office. McKeen joined Steptoe & Johnson in 2006 and focuses his legal practice in the area of oil and gas law.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that a new trial is needed in a lawsuit involving the West Virginia Department of Transportation-Division of Highways and a $24 million verdict. Justice Menis Ketchum authored the majority opinion.
By KYLA ASBURY CLARKSBURG – A lawsuit against West Virginia University Board of Governors alleging a former employee was discriminated against has been removed to federal court. The plaintiff explicitly alleges that the defendants' conduct violated the Family and Medical Leave Act, and the federal court has jurisdiction over that claim, according to the notice of removal that was filed May 15 in the U.S.
