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Philadelphia judge takes aim at mass X-ray screenings
Robreno PHILADELPHIA – U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno aims to purge the national asbestos docket of lawsuits that started in mass X-ray screenings.
Justices hear Harman-Massey arguments for third time
Blankenship CHARLESTON – Twice the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals overturned a $50 million verdict against Massey Coal, but both decisions fell through. Now, a new Court must decide the case once and for all.
Judge issues order in DNR, Constitution Party case
ELKINS – U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey practically dares West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro to deny Constitution Party members the right to circulate petitions at National Hunting and Fishing Days at Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park next year.
Harron, Peirce granted summary judgment
Harron WHEELING – U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp has cancelled a trial on CSX Transportation's claim that radiologist Ray Harron of Bridgeport conspired with Pittsburgh lawyers Robert Peirce and Louis Raimond to fabricate an asbestos exposure suit.
39 Digitek plaintiffs must answer questions
CHARLESTON – Thirty-nine individuals suing drug companies Actavis Totowa and Mylan Bertek over Digitek heart medicine must answer questions loaded with trouble for their lawyers.
Planning commission should've sued Court, lawyers says
MARTINSBURG – Jefferson County planning commission members sued developer Far Away Farms when they should have sued the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, the developer's attorney claims.
Union says arbitrator's ruling must stand in cocaine miner case
CLARKSBURG – Consolidation Coal Company can't overturn an arbitrator's decision preserving the job of a miner who tested positive for cocaine, according to the United Mine Workers of America.
Harron wants to keep info from jurors
Harron WHEELING – Bridgeport radiologist Ray Harron doesn't want jurors in his federal civil fraud trial to learn that a Texas judge exposed his unreliable method, that he pleads the Fifth Amendment or that he lost his medical license in seven states.
McGraw sues Comcast over cable boxes
McGraw WHEELING – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has sued Comcast cable company, claiming it violates state antitrust and consumer laws by making viewers rent its boxes to receive its premium programs.
Digitek MDL judges deny request to transfer cases to Texas judge
AUSTIN, Texas -– Manufacturers and distributors of heart medicine Digitek succeeded in consolidating 19 personal injury suits from 12 counties, but were taught a lesson in judge shopping.
Jurors exonerate Peirce firm in phony X-ray trial
WHEELING – Robert Peirce's law firm in Pittsburgh bears no liability for a phony X-ray in an asbestos suit against CSX Transportation, a jury in federal court decided on Aug. 14.
Drug companies will get chance to prove bogus claims
CHARLESTON – U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Stanley will give drug companies Actavis Totowa and Mylan Pharmaceuticals a chance to prove that lawyers filed bogus suits in national litigation over heart medicine Digitek.
Judge denies motion to transfer potential Dollar General class action
CLARKSBURG – U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley has denied a motion from former Dollar General workers to transfer a proposed class action against the retailer to District Judge John Preston Bailey.
Benjamin dissents in Cabell murder case
Benjamin CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court Chief Justice Brent Benjamin says a recent decision will hinder the fight against reducing domestic violence.
Peirce hasn't turned over documents to CSX
Peirce WHEELING – Asbestos lawyer Robert Peirce of Pittsburgh hasn't turned over vital documents to CSX Transportation for the railroad's fraud and conspiracy trial against Peirce's firm and radiologist Ray Harron of Bridgeport, according to CSX lawyers.
UMW not properly notified of coal company's suit
CLARKSBURG – Consolidation Coal Company didn't properly notify the United Mine Workers of America that it sued the union for the right to fire a miner.
Drug companies says there are bogus Digitek suits
Goodwin CHARLESTON – Drug companies Actavis Totowa and Mylan Pharmaceuticals claim they have detected bogus lawsuits in national litigation over heart medicine Digitek.
Lawyer wants $275 per hour for Constitution Party case
Jezioro ELKINS – Lawyer Joseph Wallace of Elkins, winner of a constitutional contest on behalf of the Constitution Party, seeks $275 an hour for his services.
Asbestos lawyers oppose subpoena of radiologist in national litigation
Segarra PHILADELPHIA – Asbestos lawyers from two well-known national firms are blocking a subpoena on radiologist Jay Segarra.
Argentinians invoke 1853 treaty in Delaware asbestos suit
WILMINGTON, Del. -– Three men from Argentina accusing chemical maker DuPont of exposing them to asbestos in Argentina have invoked American jurisdiction pursuant to a treaty that President Franklin Pierce signed in 1853.