Lawrence Smith News
Trooper also defendant in '96 shooting death of Calhoun woman
CLARKSBURG – Records show prior to the one filed against him recently, a State Trooper was also named as a co-defendant in another civil rights suit involving a Calhoun County woman 16 years ago.
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Feb. 21
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
March 19
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
March 19
Legal malpractice suit against Parkersburg attorney settled
Cosenza PARKERSBURG – A Wood County businessman's legal malpractice suit against a Parkersburg attorney has reached a conclusion.
Woman says she was injured at Charleston Marriott
CHARLESTON -- A Kanawha County woman is suing the Charleston Marriott for injuries she sustained on its property due to a slightly elevated floor.
Settlement approved in St. Joe class-action suit
PARKERSBURG – For 600 former employees of a Wood County hospital, Christmas comes eight months early this year.
19 attorneys suspended for unpaid Bar dues
CHARLESTON – The state Bar has suspended 19 attorneys for failing to pay their annual dues.
Summers Co. attorney refiles breach suit against McGraw
CHARLESTON – A Summers County attorney is again alleging the state Attorney General's Office used bait-and-switch tactics in offering her a job.
Wood attorney files breach suit against fellow lawyer
Ahlborn PARKERSBURG – A Wood County attorney is alleging another attorney for whom she worked for three years stiffed her for nearly $50,000 resulting in her finding employment elsewhere.
Putnam Commission, EMS settle wrongful death suit for $225,000
WINFIELD – A Putnam County woman has agreed to accept nearly $250,000 to settle her wrongful death suit against the county's EMS squad.
Former Huntington attorney gets three-year suspension for over-billing
CHARLESTON – A North Carolina attorney's West Virginia license has been suspended for overbilling a client in excess of $100,000.
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Feb. 10
CIVIL FILINGS: Jackson County
March 12
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
Feb. 27
Former deputy sheriff sues Mason school chief for defamation
Dickens POINT PLEASANT – A former Mason County Sheriff's deputy alleges the superintendent of schools defamed him in remarks she gave to the media about him being investigated for making inappropriate remarks about a student's T-shirt.
Former Mason deputy challenging certification revocation, termination
CHARLESTON – In the midst of appealing the revocation of his law enforcement certification, a former Mason County Sheriff's deputy is alleging his departure from the Department was racially motivated.
Lynch also alleged race a factor in '02 termination in Chesapeake
CHARLESTON – Records show a decade ago Eric Lynch while employed as a then a police officer in an Upper Kanawha Valley town alleged his termination was racially motivated.
Calhoun woman sues Trooper for civil rights violations
CLARKSBURG – A Calhoun County woman alleges she was falsely arrested by a West Virginia State trooper to leverage her cooperation in the investigation of a missing Roane County teenager.
Milton woman sues three companies for husband's death
CHARLESTON -- A Milton woman is suing L.C. Halstead Company along with two other companies she claims are responsible for her husband's injuries and death.