News from March 2006
Father of attacked child suing for nearly $4 million
MARTINSBURG - A Martinsburg man and his daughter are suing a hotel gym after he claims his 7-year-old daughter was attacked by a mentally retarded man who has a hair fetish in the hotel pool and is seeking nearly $4 million.
Supreme Court refuses to hear DaimlerChrysler fee appeal
CHARLESTON – Grubb Law Group will collect $143,026.66 for representing clients who won less than a twentieth of that amount at trial.
Famous attorney wins big malpractice case
Geoffrey Fieger MORGANTOWN – An attorney best known for his defense of "suicide doctor" Jack Kevorkian helped convince a Monongalia County jury to award $17 million in damages to a Pennsylvania girl whose family says was severely brain-damaged by a botched delivery at birth.
Charleston woman sues DHHR over upbringing
CHARLESTON - A Charleston woman who says she was institutionalized from ages 6 to 18 is suing the Department of Health and Human Resources of the State of West Virginia for not providing her a normal upbringing.
Starcher blames daughter for hostility in Haines' estate dissent
Justice Larry Starcher CHARLESTON – West Virginia's Supreme Court of Appeals should not have taken the side of the daughter of wealthy lawyer Ralph Haines in a struggle over his will, according to Justice Larry Starcher.
Woman claims age discrimination after heart attack
CHARLESTON - A Charleston woman says she was unfairly terminated last January when she tried to return to work from a heart attack.
Woman sues Kanawha County school board over daughter's splinter
CHARLESTON - A Sissonville woman says her 7-year-old daughter still has a scar from an incident on the Sissonville Elementary playground.
Two state residents sue over illegally obtained body parts
CHARLESTON - Two West Virginians have filed lawsuits against several companies involved in the distribution of body parts that were allegedly obtained illegally by New Jersey-based company.
Missouri 'gets' reform, Lt. Gov. says
ST. LOUIS – Court reforms helped automaker DaimlerChrysler choose to invest more than a billion dollars in Missouri, according to Lt. Gov Peter Kinder.
Hurricane man says wrongful firing was discriminatory
WINFIELD – A Hurricane man says he was a victim of discrimination after wrongly being fired after being off the job because of a work-related injury.
West Virginia places last in legal fairness poll
Lisa Rickard West Virginia was honored with the dubious distinction of placing dead last in the annual Harris State Liability Systems Ranking Study released Monday.
Charleston mayor, police chief answer back
CHARLESTON - Charleston Mayor Danny Jones and Police Chief Brent Webster have filed two Motions to Dismiss in separate lawsuits that call the City Police's employee-promoting methods into question.
Couple names 11 defendants in asbestos suit
CHARLESTON - A couple has listed 11 defendants in an asbestos suit, claiming their negligence led to illness.
Justice hard to come by in sexual abuse cases
CHARLESTON - Cynthia Evans still gets e-mails from the girls she has represented in sexual abuse cases over the years.
Kanawha County Board of Education hopes worst is over
CHARLESTON - With four sexual abuse cases in 4,000 employees, Kanawha County Board of Education attorney Jim Withrow hopes he has a coincidence on his hands - not an outbreak.
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