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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

News from February 2008


A fowl lawsuit

By The West Virginia Record |
A goose goosed Aaron E. Richards. Now he's hoping a U.S. District Court will lay him a golden egg.

Record reporter fails to confirm story information; The Record apologizes for the inaccuracy

By The West Virginia Record |
On Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, The West Virginia Record printed a story by Lawrence Smith wich indicated that Clarksburg attorney David J. Romano currently was a party in a pending case before the West Virginia Supreme Court while more than eight years ago he, like many other attorneys, had been a supporter of Justice Joseph Albright's campaign for election to the Supreme Court and had contributed to that

Three W.Va. cases at top of big '07 verdicts list

By Chris Dickerson |
Massie CHARLESTON – Three of the top seven jury verdicts awarded in the United States in 2007 happened in West Virginia.

CSX files answer in goose lawsuit

By Chris Dickerson |
HUNTINGTON -- CSX Transportation has filed its first answer in the federal goose attack lawsuit.

Recht too harsh on insurer, Justices rule

By Steve Korris |
Recht CHARLESTON – Circuit Judge Arthur Recht hammered California insurer TIG with too much force, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided.

Man must pay bar's taxes, Supreme Court rules

By Steve Korris |
Starcher CHARLESTON - Corporation officers seldom face liability for unpaid sales taxes, but the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals makes an exception in the case of Barry Schmehl.

Tucker Co. SWA wants court to stop wage probe

By The West Virginia Record |
PARSONS -- The Tucker County Solid Waste Authority wants the state Supreme Court to stop the state Division of Labor from continuing a 3-year-old investigation into wages paid to mostly temporary workers.

Florida company took advantage of couple, suit alleges

By Chris Dickerson |
WINFIELD - A Putnam County couple says a Florida company is threatening to take their home.

This Just In: Kanawha County

By Cara Bailey |
Feb. 1

This Just In: Berkeley County

By Beth Henry |
Feb. 4

This Just In: Cabell County

By Drew Smith |
Feb. 20

This Just In: Wayne County

By Drew Smith |
Jan. 23

This Just In: Jefferson County

By The West Virginia Record |
Feb. 14

This Just In: Brooke County

By Jennifer Fleahman |
Jan. 22

This Just In: Putnam County

By Chris Dickerson |
Feb. 19

This Just In: Ohio County

By Denise Simpson |
Jan. 29

Man sues Putnam school board over bus accident

By Chris Dickerson |
WINFIELD -- A Putnam County man has sued the county Board of Education over an auto accident that involved a school bus.

Graham's IRA should be unlocked, McGraw says

By Chris Dickerson |
Graham, right CHARLESTON – Attorney General Darrell McGraw has stepped into the debate over Bob Graham's IRA.

Justices rule on what makes a road public

By Steve Korris |
CHARLESTON - It takes 10 years of public use to make a private road public, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals declared Feb. 27.

MPLA constitutional, but Justices overturn dismissal of Mason malpractice case

By Lawrence Smith |
Westmoreland CHARLESTON – Without commenting on constitutional issues raised, the state Supreme Court remanded a Mason County case dealing with the Medical Professional Liability Act back to circuit court for trial.