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MU redacts name of treasurer's daughter in filings
HUNTINGTON – In what would seem like an exercise in futility, Marshall University redacted Emily Perdue's name 15 times in a court document to protect her privacy.
Digitek lawyers suggest four state class actions
CHARLESTON -– Lawyers leading a national class action over economic damage from the recall of heart medicine Digitek prepare to abandon 46 states.
Welch News notices shouldn't count, attorney argues
BLUEFIELD – Legal notices in the Welch News shouldn't count, Lacy Wright Jr. of Welch argues in U.S. District Court.
Radiologist says Hurricane Katrina washed away records
Segarra PHILADELPHIA – Radiologist Jay Segarra, fighting a contempt motion in national asbestos litigation, blames Hurricane Katrina for washing away his X-ray reports.
Justices tell Kaufman he can't make arbitrator follow his order
CHARLESTON – Sometimes a judge must either decide a case or refer it to arbitration, but Kanawha Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman learned he can't do both.
Justices rule that pension loans must be repaid
CHARLESTON – School employees who borrowed on their pensions must fully repay the Consolidated Public Retirement Board even if they trimmed other debts through bankruptcy, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals decided.
Charleston attorney gets contempt order from Justices
CHARLESTON – Charleston attorney Scott Palmer Mason, who neglected a prisoner's appeal and stiffed the state Supreme Court, earned a contempt order.
Former Dollar General managers file separate suits
CLARKSBURG – Five former managers of Dollar General stores who dropped a class action against the retailer in federal court have filed new suits as individuals.
After promise, Pittsburgh firm files three more asbestos cases
Daley CHARLESTON – When Robert Daley of Robert Peirce's firm in Pittsburgh told Circuit Judge Arthur Recht that his firm would conclude its business in West Virginia, he didn't mention that he had just started three new asbestos suits in Kanawha County.
Teacher pension case bounced back to state court
Bell CHARLESTON – Marshall County teacher Cheryl Dougherty rewrote a Kanawha County class action over pensions and watched in dismay as it bounced up to federal court, so she scrapped the new script and the case bounced back.
No need for economic class action, Digitek defendants say
Goodwin CHARLESTON – Complaints of economic damage from Digitek heart medicine don't add up to a national class action, manufacturers argue in federal court.
Former owners now can buy Daily Mail back
WILMINGTON, Del. – U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Carey has freed Affiliated Media to buy the Charleston Daily Mail back from the Charleston Gazette.
Federal judge shields most of medmal suit
MARTINSBURG – U.S. District Judge John Preston Bailey hides an entire medical malpractice suit from public view, except the part where Magistrate Judge James Seibert and Washington lawyers kick each other around.
Executive session tape must be given to law judge, Justices rule
Benjamin CHARLESTON – Regular folks can't listen to tape recordings from closed meetings of elected officials, but a fact finder in a job discrimination case can listen, according to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
WCHS cleared of defamation charges
HUNTINGTON – U.S. District Judge Robert Chambers has cleared WCHS-TV8 of charges that its news team defamed day care provider Kim Tomblin.
Man says company shouldn't have fired him for charging escorts on company card
CLARKSBURG – Former Metso Paper safety director John Adams has dropped a claim that the company shouldn't have fired him for charging female escorts and other comforts on a company credit card.
Long John Silver's says former worker wrongly sued
BLUEFIELD – Lawyers for Long John Silver's restaurants claim former general manager Angela Dyson broke the law by suing in Mercer County after the company removed an earlier suit from Mercer County to federal court.
Man must repay unemployment benefits, Court rules
CHARLESTON – Ten years after Perry Davidson neglected to mention two days of work when applying for unemployment compensation, he must repay $1,962 in benefits.
Government doctors have more protection, plaintiff learns
CLARKSBURG – Doctors working for the U.S. government enjoy greater protection from malpractice suits than other doctors, a wrongful death plaintiff discovered.
VW wants hearing over asbestos expert's influence on NCI
Robreno PHILADELPHIA - Volkswagen of America has asked U.S. Multi District Judge Eduardo Robreno for a hearing about the influence of asbestos expert Arthur Frank on public statements of the National Cancer Institute.