Lawrence Smith News
Long John Silver's employee blames door for lost finger
RIPLEY – A woman is suing the Ripley location of a fast food seafood chain for losing a body part following an on-the-job injury.
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
Jan. 25
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Jan. 18
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Jan. 18
Former anti-poverty agency director files wrongful termination suit
CHARLESTON – The former director of a state anti-poverty agency has promptly filed a lawsuit contesting her recent termination.
Court disbars former Charleston attorney
CHARLESTON – For engaging in a repeated pattern of deception to his clients, his colleagues and himself, the state Supreme Court has disbarred a former Charleston attorney.
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Jan. 10
Jackson attorney disbarred, sentenced for meth charges
CHARLESTON –- In the course of a just over a week, a Jackson County attorney was disbarred and sentenced for her conviction last year on meth-related charges.
Wood attorney disbarred for tax evasion conviction
CHARLESTON – Nearly a year after his conviction on tax evasion charges, the state Supreme Court has disbarred a Wood County attorney.
Citing witness intimidation, Mason doctor seeks to void settlement
Westmoreland POINT PLEASANT – A Mason County physician is asking the settlement he reached last year with a Point Pleasant urologist be set aside in light a Jackson County man's lawsuit alleging he was instructed to provide false information in the case.
Bar seeks one-year suspension for Putnam attorney
CHARLESTON – A Putnam County attorney may soon be out of work for his mishandling of a Winfield woman's personal injury suit.
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Jan. 13
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Dec. 29
Justices reprimand Clarksburg attorney
CHARLESTON – For failing to communicate with three clients, the state Supreme Court has issued a mild rebuke to a Harrison County attorney.
Attorney previously warned about communication failure
CHARLESTON – Prior to her reprimand last year, records show the state Bar instructed April Conner on three separate occasions to communicate better with her clients.
Court orders disbarment of Pa. attorney
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has followed suit with the Pennsylvania high court in disbarring a Pittsburgh attorney.
Pa. attorney admonished in '08 for unlawful practice
CHARLESTON – Prior to his disbarment, Arthur Bloom was admonished by the state Bar for representing an Ohio couple in their medical malpractice suit in Wood County while his license was suspended.
Mason EMS boss hit with sexual harassment, personal injury suits
POINT PLEASANT –- A Mason County EMS supervisor is accused in two lawsuits of sexually harassing a dispatcher at the county's 911 center, and injuring a motorcyclist while operating an ambulance.
Bar seeks three-month suspension for Albright Jr.
CHARLESTON – As punishment for neglecting the cases of seven clients, the state Bar is asking the state Supreme Court to suspend a Wood county attorney's license.