Harmon Marks News
26 companies sued over float-sink chemicals
MADISON -- Plaintiffs are suing 26 employers, manufacturers and distributors for personal injuries they say were caused by exposure to toxic chemicals used in float-sink coal laboratories and related facilities.
More than 150 'water cases' on file in Boone County
MADISON -- More than 150 so-called "water cases" had been filed in Boone Circuit Court by mid-August against Massey Energy Co. and five subsidiaries.
Fallen tree results in lawsuit
MADISON -- A personal injury suit has grown from a tree that fell in the path of Alvin Ball's automobile on W.Va. 17 near Greenview in July 2008.
Lincoln school board members says newspaper defamed her
HAMLIN -- A member of the Lincoln County Board of Education says a newspaper publisher printed defamatory statements about her in a weekly newspaper.
CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County
July 20
Lawsuits sprouts from fallen tree
MADISON -- A personal injury suit has grown from a tree that fell in the path of Alvin Ball's automobile.
Man wants real estate company to return personal property
HAMLIN -- A Chapmanville man complains a real estate company, its president and vice president should be compelled to return his personal property estimated to be worth $123,496 remaining on land he sold to them last January.
CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County
July 13
Judge tosses out 300 absentee Lincoln ballots
HAMLIN -- Incumbent Circuit Court Clerk Charles Brumfield will be in the Nov. 2 general election ballot in Lincoln County after Raleigh Circuit Judge H.R. Kirkpatrick ruled that more than 300 absentee ballots be thrown out.
Woman blames mine companies for husband's death
MADISON -- A Boone Circuit Court jury will be asked to determine damage amounts resulting from a fatal accident at the Samples Mine of Catenary Coal Co. on July 28, 2009.
Boone mother says daughter hit by bat at softball practice
MADISON -- A mother has filed a personal injury suit against the Boone County Board of Education, alleging her seventh-grade daughter suffered nose and eye socket fractures when struck in the face by a bat during softball practice in the Wharton Grade School gym.
CIVIL FILINGS: Lincoln County
June 28
CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County
June 8
CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County
May 28
CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County
April 21
CIVIL FILINGS: Lincoln County
April 15