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Couple sues insurance company for denying property damage claim
CHARLESTON — A husband and wife are suing CSAA General Insurance Company and AAA Club Alliance for denying their claim for property damage. -
Blankenship's media defamation case moves forward with fewer defendants
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has refused to dismiss defamation claims against nearly two dozen media outlets and others from a case in which Don Blankenship alleges they called him felon. -
Company says Liberty Mutual breached its contract after hailstorm
CHARLESTON — Merlin Enterprises is suing Liberty Mutual alleging the insurance company breached its contract and caused the company damages. -
Woman sues loan servicers for foreclosure
CHARLESTON — A woman is suing Greenlight Financial Services alleging her home is being wrongly foreclosed on. -
Man sues IRS for tax withholdings
CHARLESTON — A South Charleston man is suing the IRS after he claims his tax withholdings from his paychecks are wrong. -
Huntington man who suffered heat stroke, renal failure on vessel alleges it was unseaworthy
CHARLESTON – A Huntington man employed as a deckhand alleges he suffered heat stroke and renal failure while working aboard a vessel because the ship was unseaworthy. -
Man sues former employer for wrongful termination
CHARLESTON — A man is suing Niche Polymer alleging he was wrongfully terminated from his employment for making complaints about safety. -
Courts makes protocol changes amid coronavirus outbreak
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court and the Southern District of West Virginia federal court are making protocol changes due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. -
Woman sues logging company Phillips and Jordan over son's death
CHARLESTON – A Princeton woman is suing Phillips and Jordan Inc. alleging it is responsible for her son's death. -
East Bank couple alleges Gateway Mortgage Group wrongfully pursued foreclosure
CHARLESTON – An East Bank couple is suing Gateway Mortgage Group over the alleged gross mismanagement of a loan program that was designed to foster home retention for borrowers who fell on hard times. -
Rolling Meadows Place sued for negligence after broken hip allegedly leads to death
CHARLESTON — The estate of a former Rolling Meadows resident is alleging the assisted living's negligent care lead to her hip fracture and contributed to her death. -
Federal judge sets August start date for Cabell County, Huntington opioid trial
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has set an Aug. 31 start date for the trial filed by Cabell County and the City of Huntington against the three major opioid distribution companies.At the end of a March 5 status hearing, U.S. -
Opioid distributors agree to let federal judge rule on two W.Va. cases rather than jury
CHARLESTON – The defendant drug distribution companies have agreed to allow a judge decide the federal opioid cases filed against them by the Cabell County and the City of Huntington. -
Federal court judges in separate jurisdictions remand asbestos cases removed as trials began
CHARLESTON – Defendants interrupted four asbestos trials in February by removing them from state courts to federal courts. The tactic failed every time. -
Woman claims U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Housing charged penalties, failed to offer foreclosure alternatives
CHARLESTON — Mountain State Justice and a West Virginia woman claim the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Housing Service went five years without giving her alternative payment opportunities before issuing her a foreclosure. -
Special needs student sues Kanawha County Schools for not properly providing for students
CHARLESTON — A Kanawha County student is suing the county school system and Kanawha County Schools Superintendent Ron Duerring after the student claims children are punished if they have special needs. -
Man sues UPS for ADA violations
CHARLESTON — A man is suing United Parcel Services Inc. (UPS) for allegedly failing to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). -
Farrell starts new law firm, updates status of national opioid litigation
According to documents filed in the federal opioid litigation, Paul T. Farrell Jr. has left the Huntington law firm of Greene Ketchum. A Jan. 31 Notice of Change of Attorney Information lists Farrell’s new firm as Farrell Law, which is located in Huntington. -
Opioid distributors ask for 18 months to prepare for trial with Huntington and Cabell County
CHARLESTON – The legal teams representing Huntington and Cabell County have a vastly different idea of how quickly they want their cases against the nation’s three largest opioid distribution companies to proceed. -
Federal magistrate recommends lawsuit over 'delusional claims' against political parties, Facebook dismissed
CHARLESTON – A federal magistrate judge issued proposed findings and recommendations in a lawsuit that named both the Democratic National Party and Republican National Party and Facebook as defendants.