News from June 2007
PERSONNEL FILE: 14 Jackson Kelly attorneys named in Chambers guide
Cappellanti Charleston -- Jackson Kelly has announced that 14 of the firm's attorneys practicing in West Virginia have been named in the Chambers USA 2007 Guide: America's Leading Business Lawyers.
PERSONNEL FILE: Chad Noel joins Steptoe & Johnson
Noel MORGANTOWN -- William C. "Chad" Noel has joined the Litigation Department of Steptoe & Johnson practicing in the firm's Morgantown office as an associate.
PERSONNEL FILE: Adam Maynard joins Dinsmore & Shohl
Maynard CHARLESTON -- Dinsmore & Shohl has hired associate Adam L. Maynard to practice for the Labor & Employment Law Department in the Charleston office.
Woman blames CAMC for rape in public restroom
CHARLESTON - A woman has filed a suit against Charleston Area Medical Center after she was raped in a public restroom at Women and Children's Hospital.
Family of Sago victim sues ICG CEO over distress
CHARLESTON - The family of a miner killed in last year's Sago Mine accident filed a suit against the CEO of the mine's parent company, claiming they suffered emotional distress.
Marshall University board named in slip-and-fall lawsuit
CHARLESTON - The Marshall University Board of Governors has been named as defendants in a suit filed by a woman who fell on Marshall's Huntington campus.
Woman blames grocer, car wash for injuries
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a local grocery store as well as a car wash, claiming she was injured on property owned by the two businesses.
Leave it alone
Rules are rules, and the law is the law. Dr. Danny Westmoreland knew as much when he opted to sue his urologist over a botched procedure back in 2005.
Case already on court followers' radar screens
Jones CHARLESTON – As the state Supreme Court agrees to hear a possible challenge to a medical malpractice reform law, those who supported and opposed it say they plan to watch the case closely.
Mason malpractice case remains a mystery
POINT PLEASANT – In addition to remaining tight-lipped about how a recently accepted appeal to the Supreme Court may effect their case, attorneys for a former Mason County physician, now practicing medicine in Illinois, aren't talking about one of his previous malpractice cases currently under seal.
Med mal reforms face Supreme Court challenge
Westmoreland CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear a Mason County case that could challenge the constitutionality of a medical malpractice reform law.
Bookstore sues WVU for monopoly, seeks $2 million
MORGANTOWN - A bookstore that serves West Virginia University students has sued the school for at least $2 million, claiming the university has a monopoly on stores that sell textbooks and school memorabilia.
ALL THINGS JURY: Focus groups and mock trials -- Understanding the difference
CHARLESTON -- In preparing for a trial, an attorney studies every aspect of a case –- the laws, the principals, the precedents -– and forms strategies based on what he or she learns during this research phase of case preparation.
Putnam woman faces perjury charges for lying while changing son's name
WINFIELD - A Putnam County woman who was trying to change her teenage son's last name allegedly lied to the court concerning information about the biological father and could now be held in contempt for perjury.
Justices side with insurer in Explorer wreck case
CHARLESTON – Terry Mace and Donald Mace sold a wreck to Liberty Mutual Insurance for scrap and then sued the insurer for scrapping it.
This Just In: Kanawha County
June 1
This Just In: Putnam County
May 30