News from February 2011
Man sues Little General for wage payment violations
CHARLESTON -- A former employee is suing Little General Store after he claims it violated the West Virginia Wage Payment and Collection Act.
Woman says Valley Health Systems fired her because of pregnancy
HUNTINGTON -- A former employee is suing Valley Health Systems after she claims her employment was terminated while she was off work following her pregnancy.
Wheeling woman sues DOT for discrimination, wrongful termination
WHEELING – A Wheeling woman is suing the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Motor Vehicles after she claims her employment was wrongfully terminated and she was discriminated against.
Kanawha man sues AEP for misrepresentation of severance
CHARLESTON -- A Kanawha County man is suing Appalachian power and American Electric Power after he claims they led him to believe they were not offering severance packages to retirees.
CIVIL FILINGS: Cabell County
Feb. 11
CIVIL FILINGS: Putnam County
Feb. 8
CIVIL FILINGS: Berkeley County
Jan. 24
Former employee sues Genesis Healthcare for battery, emotional distress
CHARLESTON -- A former employee is suing Genesis Healthcare after she claims she was attacked by another employee and feared for her safety.
Putnam couple sues Thomas Memorial for injuries
CHARLESTON -- A Putnam County couple is suing Thomas Memorial Hospital Association for injuries sustained in the hospital.
Woman sues Rish Equipment for discrimination
CHARLESTON -- A woman is suing Rush Equipment Company after she claims she was discriminated against.
Medical Legal Partnerships topic of WVU lecture
MORGANTOWN -- The West Virginia University College of Law presents Ellen Lawton, J.D., Executive Director of the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership at Boston Medical Center & Boston University School of Medicine, who will speak at the John W. Fisher II Lecture in Law and Medicine in a talk titled, Addressing Health & Legal Disparities: the Medical-Legal Partnership Model at noon Feb. 23
Lawyers object to Bayer confidentiality request
Goodwin CHARLESTON -- A lawyer for a group of Kanawha Valley residents who filed a lawsuit last week to keep Bayer CropScience from making a potentially dangerous chemical is objecting to the company's most recent blanket confidentiality request.
State GOP chairman attacks McGraw again
Stuart CHARLESTON -- The chairman of the state Republican Party is again lashing out at Attorney General Darrell McGraw, this time for not joining 22 other AGs in a lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court.
Woman sues AJ&A Enterprises for injuries
CHARLESTON -- A woman is suing AJ&A Enterprises after she claims she slipped and fell on ice.
Man sues former employer for wage payment violations
CHARLESTON -- A former employee is suing Baker Installations, Inc., after he claims it violated the West Virginia Wage Payment and Collection Act.
Letart woman claims 78 companies responsible for husband's death
CHARLESTON -- A Letart woman is suing 78 companies after she claims they are responsible or her late husband's lung cancer and death.
*** SupCo calendar for 2/21 issue
Argument Docket
THEIR VIEW: MyTaxes is a tool for businesses
CHARLESTON -- Many West Virginia businesses are determined to operate as efficiently as possible, but sometimes efficiencies are hard to find.
Judge remands Jackson Kelly black lung cases to Raleigh Co.
BECKLEY – Claims of widows that Jackson Kelly law firm hid evidence in black lung cases don't belong in federal court, U.S. District Judge Thomas Johnston decided.