Lawrence Smith News
AG's office touts benefits of consumer protection suits
Hughes CHARLESTON – Officials with the state Attorney General's Office told a state Senate panel a recent settlement for nearly $10 million against a credit card company is but one of the ways the office is benefitting the state financially.
Plaintiffs in Wood hospital class action seek $10.8 million
PARKERSBURG – Plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against a Wood County hospital are asking they be awarded more than $10 million for lost benefits, and the hospital's former parent company put its remaining hospitals currently on the auction block up as collateral.
Disciplinary charges filed against Morgantown attorney
CHARLESTON –- A Monongalia County attorney is accused of unethical conduct in three cases –- two civil, and one criminal –- in as many years.
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Dec. 21
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Dec. 16
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
Dec. 16
Former Mason deputy gets $24K in back pay following judge's ruling
POINT PLEASANT – Following a judge's ruling he was improperly fired, a former Mason County Sheriff's deputy has been given his salary while on hiatus and the opportunity to put everthing behind him.
Judge dismisses breach of contract suit against W.Va. State
Carter CHARLESTON – Following a closed-door hearing, a judge has dismissed a concert promoter's breach of contract suit against a local university, and its president.
Former assistant appointed as new Randolph prosecutor
Parker EKLINS – A familiar face returns to the Randolph County Prosecutor's Office to lead it for at least the next year.
Lewis Co. businessman hounds Elkins attorney in prosecutor bid
EKLINS – At least one person seeking to fill the vacancy of former Randolph County Prosecutor Richard Busch received some opposition to his candidacy.
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
Dec. 13
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Nov. 29
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Nov. 8
Hughes says nothing wrong with her helping ex in DUI case
Hughes CHARLESTON – The chief deputy state attorney general says there's nothing unusual or improper about her brief representation of her ex-husband, a Charleston attorney, in a pending drunk driving case.
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Wood County
Putnam attorney named again in malpractice suit
Armada WINFIELD -– A Putnam County attorney once again is accused of waiting too long to file a medical malpractice suit against a disgraced doctor.
Judge reverses Mason deputy's termination
POINT PLEASANT – Finding that he was not afforded the opportunity of a pre-disciplinary hearing as required by state law, a judge has reversed a civil service panel's decision upholding the termination of a Mason County sheriff's deputy.
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Oct. 31
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Nov. 18
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
Nov. 16