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Peirce, Harron taken aback by sanctions idea
Peirce WHEELING – U.S. Magistrate Judge James Seibert stunned Pittsburgh lawyer Robert Peirce and Bridgeport radiologist Ray Harron by suggesting sanctions and expenses for their refusal to answer questions from CSX Transportation.
Recht says doctor can't testify against CSX
Recht WHEELING – Circuit Judge Arthur Recht has excluded physician Douglas Linz from testifying that CSX Transportation damaged the brains of seven former employees.
Trial lawyers make out in Chrysler bailout
NEW YORK -– Personal injury lawyers seemingly have secured a windfall from the Chrysler bailout.
Doctors must answer CSX questions
Harron WHEELING -– Physicians Ray Harron and Richard Cassoff must answer CSX Transportation's questions about their roles in helping a Pittsburgh law firm sue the railroad, U.S. Magistrate Judge James Seibert has decided.
Personal injury lawyers get two seats on Chrysler's unsecured creditors' committee
NEW YORK - Chrysler workers, dealers, suppliers and lenders anticipate heavy losses from the automaker's bankruptcy, but personal injury lawyers anticipate a $217 million windfall.
Justices side with legislators on workers' comp evaluation issue
Davis CHARLESTON – West Virginia legislators respected the constitutional separation of powers when they trusted workers' compensation managers to devise a method for evaluating spine injuries, the Supreme Court of Appeals has decided.
CSX questions addition to asbestos form
Bolen WHEELING – Someone added six words to a questionnaire that former CSX Transportation employee Earl Baylor filled out for asbestos lawyers in Pittsburgh, and owners of the railroad want to know how it happened.
Judge imposes $4.5M fine on Johnson & Johnson
WELLSBURG – Circuit Judge Martin Gaughan has imposed a penalty of nearly $4.5 million on drug maker Johnson & Johnson for false and misleading promotion of antipsychotic drug Risperdal and painkiller Duragesic.
Philadelphia judge keeps getting rid of asbestos cases
Robreno PHILADELPHIA – U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno has cleared away more than half a million asbestos suits this year and he plans to keep up the pace.
Harron doesn't recall key X-ray, CSX claims
Harron WHEELING – Radiologist Ray Harron doesn't remember the X-ray at the heart of CSX Transportation's fraud conspiracy suit against him and Pittsburgh lawyers, according to a CSX lawyer.
Court hears case about estate collecting comp benefits
Ketchum CHARLESTON – When a worker with no spouse or dependents dies in a job accident, the worker's estate should collect workers' compensation benefits, Mark French of Charleston told the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Court asked to overturn order for exam of 15-year-old rape victim
Ketchum CHARLESTON – Mercer County prosecutors want the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to overturn a court order requiring a gynecological examination for a 15-year-old girl who claims her brother raped her.
Sierra Club expects state electric rates to skyrocket
CHARLESTON – West Virginians will pay the highest electric rates in the nation if Congress enacts a carbon tax and West Virginia doesn't diversify its power supply, Sierra Club lawyer William DePaulo told the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Harron picks fight over asbestos allegations
Harron WHEELING -- A Bridgeport radiologist swore he wouldn't pick a fight with a Texas judge who accused him of fabricating X-ray reports for asbestos lawyers, but he picked the fight anyway.
DNR chief urges group to behave like another
Jezioro ELKINS – State Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro declares in federal court that if Constitution Party members want park rangers to treat them the way they treat Friends of Blackwater Canyon, they should behave like Friends of Blackwater Canyon.
Harron won't testify about X-ray reads, CSX claims
Harron WHEELING – Radiologist Ray Harron refuses to testify about X-rays he read twice with different results, according to railroad company CSX Transportation.
Federal judge tossing out asbestos cases
PHILADELPHIA – U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno meant it when he said he would start getting rid of suits in his national asbestos court.
10 Dollar General overtime cases come back to W.Va.
WHEELING – Ten West Virginians who helped launch a big lawsuit against retailer Dollar General in Alabama years ago must now start little suits in West Virginia.
CSX says it has proven firm was behind asbestos fraud
Williams WHEELING – CSX Transportation pleads in federal court that it has presented plenty of proof for a claim that asbestos lawyers from Pittsburgh pulled a fraud.
Justices uphold $1M punitives in Boone firing case
Davis CHARLESTON – Employers can spy on workers with suspicious injury claims but employers who fire those workers should prepare to pay a million dollars, according to a March 27 decision from the state Supreme Court of Appeals.