News from January 2006
Verizon worker says he was wrongly suspended
CHARLESTON – A Verizon employee has sued the company in connection with him being suspended from his job last year.
Kanawha woman sues drivers, car dealer in accident suit
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a lawsuit against the two drivers in an automobile accident in which she was a passenger as well as one of the drivers' employer.
Couple blames mall, store and landscaper for slip on ice
CHARLESTON – A couple blames the owners of the St. Albans Mall, the Radio Shack at the shopping center and the company hired to clean the parking lot for the wife's slip and fall on the parking lot.
Legal loyalties obvious for annual WVU-MU battle
Cory Dennison CHARLESTON – Cory Dennison played football for Marshall University, and he's now a third-year law student at West Virginia University. But when it comes to picking sides in Wednesday's annual Toyota Capital Classic basketball game, he isn't torn. He bleeds green and white.
Enabling lawyer advertising
Senate Majority Leader Truman Chafin, D-Mingo, says lawyer advertising in West Virginia is "shameful" and a "fraud."
No new reports of Sago soliciting
One thousand white balloons are released following the Jan. 15 service at Wesley Chapel on the campus of West Virginia Wesleyan College where a memorial service was held to honor the men who died in the Sago mine disaster. CHARLESTON – One Pennsylvania lawyer placed an ad in the Buckhannon newspaper looking for business in the wake of the Sago Mine disaster.
Family sues city of Granville for police brutality
MORGANTOWN -- A Monongalia County family claims that a police officer took them to jail without a warrant or probable cause.
Monongalia County sisters say company duped them
MORGANTOWN -- Monongalia County sisters claim that they were given false references and paid a $10,000 deposit on an addition that never got built.
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State Supreme Court calendar for week of Jan. 23-27
State Supreme Court calendar for week of Jan. 23-27
Sago standalone
West Virginia Wesleyan College grad student Chris Owens, 22, of Clarksburg, makes sure the banners he and his friends made are securely attached to Benedum Hall dorm which is clearly visible to those entering Wesley Chapel. Wesley Chapel was the site Jan. 15 of a memorial service to honor the men who died in the Sago mine disaster.
Grandpa took car after granddaughter refused sex, suit says
Melinda Westfall is suing her grandfather because he repossessed a vehicle he gave her after she obtained her driver's license.
Meet the real victims of asbestos disease
It's time for America to meet the real victims of asbestos disease.
Davis becomes new chief justice
Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis CHARLESTON - Justice Robin Jean Davis has become the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.
2006 W.VA. LEGISLATURE CALENDAR
2006 W.VA. LEGISLATURE CALENDAR
Juror tries to get thrown out of court
CHARLESTON -- One of six jurors in the Mantz insurance trial read a book as the trial began, in an apparent effort to get thrown out of Circuit Judge Paul Zakaib's court.
St. Paul executive says company didn't cheat W.Va. doctors
CHARLESTON – Jay Fishman, chief executive officer of St. Paul Travelers insurance, swore to a Kanawha County jury that his company did not cheat West Virginia doctors out of millions of dollars when it stopped selling medical malpractice insurance.
Elkins couple awarded $1.85 million for man's botched surgery
ELKINS -- A Randolph County man and his wife have been awarded more than $1.85 million after he lost his eyesight during a spinal operation.
Man hasn't paid back loan from now-deceased woman, suit claims
CHARLESTON – A woman says a man who borrowed money from her now-deceased mother has failed to pay all of the loan back.