Lawrence Smith News
Wood Co. attorney, former prosecutor team for hospital class action
PARKERSBURG –- After denying he allowed his personal and professional relationships with the prosecutor's office cloud his judgment in a Parkersburg businessman's 2007 criminal trial, a Wood County attorney is now working with a former Wood County prosecutor in a class-action lawsuit.
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
March 24
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
March 7
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
March 24
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
March 16
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
March 22
Court won't hear former Tax Department official's libel suit
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has let stand a lower court's decision dismissing a former Tax Department official's libel suit against a statewide news organization.
Bulletin board post at plant leads to lawsuit
Alcan Rolled Products-Ravenswood RIPLEY – Two Jackson County women allege their employer went too far in posting a co-worker's comments about them on a company bulletin board.
W.Va. State settles slip-and-fall suit for $18K
CHARLESTON –- West Virginia State University has settled a personal injury lawsuit with a Nitro woman.
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Feb. 22
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
March 11
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
Feb. 24
Kanawha family law judge accused of exceeding authority
CHARLESTON – A Putnam County man is alleging a Kanawha family law judge overstepped his bounds when he granted custody of the man's daughter to his ex-girlfriend.
Wood Co. woman accuses son of fraud in estate dispute
PARKERSBURG – A Wood County woman is suing her son for siphoning assets from her deceased husband's estate.
Wood attorney again named in legal malpractice suit
PARKERSBURG -– A Wood County attorney is once again a defendant in a legal malpractice suit.
Marshall settles Perdue privacy suit for $81K, apology
HUNTINGTON – Marshall University has settled a lawsuit with state Treasurer John Purdue's daughter that includes both a payout and a formal apology from school officials.
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Feb. 10
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Feb. 22
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
Feb. 24
Suit claims Jackson woman died from mistreatment at nursing home, hospital
RIPLEY – A Jackson County man alleges a Ravenswood nursing home and a Wood County hospital are responsible for his wife's death.