Lawrence Smith News
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Aug. 9
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
Aug. 20
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Aug. 11
Putnam doctor named in wrongful death suit
WINFIELD -– A Putnam County woman is suing a family doctor for the wrongful death of her daughter.
WVU med school, hospital sued for sending wrong ashes to family
PARKERSBURG –- A teaching moment for staff and students at West Virginia University's medical school is now one for their colleagues and friends at the law school following the med school's alleged failure to properly return the remains of a Wood County's woman to her family for burial.
Putnam teacher wants Board to provide copy of secret tape made by parent
WINFIELD –- A Putnam County teacher is demanding before any discipline is imposed on her the board of education produce a copy of an audio tape of her allegedly berating her students.
Bank sues Putnam woman for $33K in early retirement overpayments
WINFIELD –- An Ohio bank is suing a Putnam County woman to recoup nearly $35,000 in overpayments she received from her retirement plan.
Manhole accident results in suit against Putnam PSD, contractors
WINFIELD -– A Putnam County man is alleging a public utility provider, and two firms it hired to help construct a water main extension, are responsible for injuries he sustained while trimming weeds.
Nurse says she was wrongly fired after reporting racial slur
PARKERSRBURG –- A Wood County home-health nurse has filed suit against her former employer alleging she was terminated for reporting a racial slur.
Judge orders disbarred Morgantown attorney to find work, repay former clients
MORGANTOWN – Instead of repay his proverbial debt to society by going to prison, a judge wants a disbarred Monongalia attorney to find work and repay clients who's money he embezzled.
Mason couple accuses CSX of employing child predator
Rainey POINT PLEASANT -– A Mason County couple alleges CSX Transportation looked the other way regarding complaints that one of its employees was a sexual predator until he was eventually caught assaulting their daughter.
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Aug. 3
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
July 27
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Aug. 3
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
July 23
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Mason County
Mason bar owners sue landlords for failing to clean 'Muddy Waters'
Muddy Waters on Main Street POINT PLEASANT – Though a Mason County bar probably never intended to earn its namesake, the operators are suing the building's owners for doing just that.
Contractor seeks sale of Hurricane Walgreens property
WINFIELD – A Kentucky contractor is demanding it be paid immediately for work it allegedly completed last year on a Walgreens drug store in Hurricane.
Putnam tech company sues former employee
WINFIELD – A Putnam County-based technology company is suing one of its former employees for allegedly violating the terms of a non-competition agreement.
Putnam contractor still owes $20K, suit alleges
WINFIELD – A Pennsylvania traffic management company is suing a Putnam County contractor for allegedly failing to pay for services provided on a project in the Mid-Ohio Valley.