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Michigan firm file asbestos suit
CHARLESTON - The estate of an Oak Hill man has filed an asbestos suit against several defendants, alleging they all had a hand in his death.
CSX only defendant in asbestos suit
CHARLESTON - A Charleston man says his throat cancer is the result of working for CSX Transportation.
Defense: Surveillance thwarts felon's frivolous lawsuit
CLARKSBURG - Charleston attorney Jim McQueen admits that he may have become a little long-winded during a recent closing argument that he based on the idea of credibility. Once things started, he says the material just kept coming to him.
Settlement entered in AEP's sulfur case
CHARLESTON -- On a clear day, it's said a person can see forever.
AG's office completes $142 million settlement
Attorney General Darrell McGraw CHARLESTON - An assistant attorney general admits that it's hard, even for him, to understand the insurance market.
Ski resort sued over trapdoor
CHARLESTON - A Parkersburg woman's personal injury lawsuit against Timberline Resort Realty was recently filed in Kanawha Circuit Court.
Beleaguered investor's wife suing his company
CHARLESTON - The wife of a prominent Charleston investor has sued her husband's company in an apparent move to save her house.
Woman says she was unfairly fired because of depression
HUNTINGTON - A woman claims Wells Fargo Home Mortgage terminated her employment because of the mental impairments from which she suffers and is suing the company.
Insurance company sued over lack of coverage
CHARLESTON - Two Wheeling residents are unhappy with the coverage provided by their insurance company and are suing it.
This Just In: Kanawha County
Nov. 27
Dept. of Transportation sued over injury by worker
CHARLESTON - A Lincoln County man is suing three entities because he says he was hit in the leg by a drill rig while at work.
Miner claims on-the-job injury his employer's fault
CHARLESTON - A Charleston man says he was struck in the leg by mining equipment during an unsafe replacement operation.
Dept. of Transportation sued over fatal car accident
CHARLESTON - The estate of a man killed in a December 2004 car accident is suing the state's Department of Transportation for failing to fix a blocked drain that is alleged to have caused the wreck.
Woman says daughter stole her house
CHARLES TOWN - A Jefferson County woman says she was promised her house would be sold and the proceeds would go toward building a new one, but instead her daughter stabbed her in the back.
Supreme Court sides with Kanawha schools on library funding issue
Maynard CHARLESTON - The state Supreme Court decided Monday that Kanawha County's Board of Education is correct in its challenge of a library fund the school system is ordered to pay each year.
Woman blames trailer owners for sewage
CHARLESTON - A Charleston woman says a clog in the piping of a mobile home she is renting caused sewage to be backed into it and is suing its owners.
Woman says used car not fixed
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman claims that the used car she bought had not been repaired from a wreck that occurred prior to the purchase.
Man suing jail over fall
CHARLESTON - An inmate at South Central Regional Jail in Charleston is blaming it for his slip and fall down a flight of stairs.
Firm wowed by South Africa trip
CHARLESTON - A recent trip to South Africa, a country crawling out of turmoil, surprised a couple of Charleston attorneys with a few ideas on how to operate a legal system smoothly.
Marshall movie ticket scalping legal, Assistant AG says
CHARLESTON - Anyone familiar with ebay.com knows it doesn't matter that the "We Are Marshall" movie premiere is sold out -- tickets are easy to find on the Internet auction site.