Jessica M. Karmasek News
DuPont case remanded to state court
MORGANTOWN -- A federal judge has remanded the lawsuit of 15 West Virginia families who say their illnesses are the result of a former DuPont plant to Harrison County Circuit Court.
Anti-bullying bill bad for taxpayers, some say
Carroll TRENTON, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - New Jersey lawmakers, in the wake of a tragic school bullying incident, have passed an anti-bullying law that looks to prevent such acts on campuses, though some argue the proposed legislation means more liability will be placed on taxpayers.
Group calls Johnson & Johnson decision 'a victory'
McGraw WASHINGTON -- A Washington, D.C.-area public interest law and policy center called last month's decision by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in favor of Janssen Pharmaceutica and its parent company Johnson & Johnson a "victory."
Justices remand grave desecration case to Logan County
McHugh CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday remanded to a lower court the case of alleged grave desecration by a company working to relocate a gas pipeline.
Justices side with Johnson & Johnson on appeal
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on Thursday found that a lower court erred in finding that communications from Janssen Pharmaceutica and its parent company Johnson & Johnson to state health care providers were false and misleading.
DuPont wants handwritten documents from 8,500 smelter plaintiffs
CHARLESTON -- The chemical giant DuPont now wants the 8,500 people who brought a pollution case against the company to provide it with handwritten documents.
Court sends plane crash case back to Kanawha
Benjamin CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has found that a lower court erred in dismissing a case in which two Canadian residents died in a 2008 plane crash in Virginia, 20 miles from the West Virginia border.
McGraw reaches $7.9M settlement with N.J. lawyer, debt agencies
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw on Tuesday announced a settlement with a New Jersey lawyer and several out-of-state debt collection agencies that the lawyer represents.
McGraw settles with three collection agencies for more than $1 million
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw on Tuesday announced settlement agreements with three unlicensed collection agencies that will result in more than $1 millon in cancelled debts for 161 state consumers.
Supreme Court remands Cabell wrongful death case
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed a lower court's order to dismiss a wrongful death lawsuit against a construction company.
Justices reverse Hancock Co. discrimination ruling
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has reversed a circuit court's ruling that an in-state company discriminated against and wrongfully terminated one of its employees.
McGraw settles with debt company
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced on Thursday the recovery of $169,400 in a settlement with debt management company Amerix.
Justices uphold ruling to OK drilling in state park
CHARLESTON -- The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia this week upheld the order of a lower court to allow oil and natural gas drilling in Chief Logan State Park.
Final Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday nearing an end
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia taxpayers have until the end of the month to take advantage of the state's third and final Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday.
McGraw recovers $64K from debt companies
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virgina Attorney General Darrell McGraw on Tuesday announced the recovery of more than $64,000 for 48 state consumers in cases against three debt negotiation and settlement companies that charged illegal fees.
EPA wants judge to deny surface mining injunction
CHARLESTON -- Lawyers for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency urged a federal judge last week to turn down a request from the National Mining Association for a preliminary injunction.
McGraw files suit over Monsanto soybean probe
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has filed a lawsuit against the Monsanto Company for refusing to cooperate with his office's investigation of the sale of soybeans.
DuPont smelter trial to start in March
CHARLESTON -- A circuit court judge has ruled that the retrial of part of a case involving the alleged contamination of a Harrison County community by DuPont will start in March 2011.
McGraw sues Arizona-based debt company
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has asked a Kanawha Circuit Court to stop an Arizona-based debt relief company from doing business in the state.
Medical, insurer groups support damages cap
CHARLESTON -- Various medical associations and insurer groups say they support the constitutionality of West Virginia's non-economic damages cap in medical liability cases.