News from July 2007
$54 million pants fund-raiser eases Chungs' legal pain
$54 million pants under guard WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The owners of a Washington, D.C. dry cleaning business got some relief at a legal defense fund-raiser Tuesday as guests from around the country turned out to help their brethren.
Woman sues after tripping to avoid Easter basket at Kmart
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman is suing Kmart after she fell in a Charleston store while trying to avoid a large Easter basket that had fallen in the aisle.
Strip mall sued after woman trips over planter
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman filed a suit against the owner of a Dunbar strip mall, claiming she was injured when she fell on a concrete planter on a sidewalk.
Woman says botched hysterectomy led to more surgeries
CHARLESTON - A Jackson County woman has filed a medical malpractice suit against the physician who performed a hysterectomy on her in 2006, claiming post-operative complications caused her to undergo more surgeries.
PERSONNEL FILE: Shingleton named Paralegal of the Year
CHARLESTON -- Steptoe & Johnson is pleased to announce that Lorena A. Shingleton, ACP, a paralegal in Steptoe & Johnson's Charleston office, has been named Paralegal of the Year by the Legal Assistants/Paralegals of Southern West Virginia (LAPSWV).
Cappellanti working to 'make a difference' in her home state
Cappellanti CHARLESTON - For Jackson Kelly attorney Ellen Cappellanti, there's more to life than practicing law.
Mormon student sues after scholarship is taken away
CHARLESTON - A West Virginia University student is suing a state scholarship board, claiming his constitutional rights were violated when his scholarship was taken away because he chose religion over education.
Lawsuits won't make our miners safer
West Virginia is sensitive on the issue of coal mine safety for good reason. It's personal.
Braxton magistrate will go before grand jury, prosecutor says
SUTTON – Criminal charges against Braxton County Magistrate Carolyn Cruickshanks will come before a grand jury in August, according to county prosecutor Daniel Dodson.
Judge orders stop to adult activities at Weirton mansion
Recht NEW CUMBERLAND – Circuit Judge Arthur Recht took a while to figure out how to apply zoning law to a kinky Web site, but at last he caught on.
Avandia study piques attorneys' interest at how-to-sue seminar
Houston attorney Mark Lanier CHICAGO – One million American diabetics take Avandia pills, and if more of them would suffer heart attacks attorneys could get rich.
Neely, Callaghan open new law firm
CHARLESTON – What do you get when you combine a former state Supreme Court justice and a former federal prosecutor?
Callaghan called for jury duty
Callaghan CHARLESTON -- As a high profile attorney, Mike Callaghan probably is a familiar face at the Kanawha County Judicial Annex.
PERSONNEL FILE: 25 at Jackson Kelly named Super Lawyers
CHARLESTON -– Jackson Kelly is pleased to announce that 25 of the Firm's West Virginia lawyers have been named to Law and Politics' 2007 list of West Virginia Super Lawyers.
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