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Recent News About Appalachian Power Company

• CIVIL FILINGS: Kanawha County

  By Kyla Asbury | Friday, Feb 12, 2010 @ 1:30am

  Feb. 1

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• Two couples name multiple companies in asbestos-related cases

  By Kyla Asbury | Monday, Feb 8, 2010 @ 8:00am

  CHARLESTON -- Two couples are suing multiple companies in separate asbestos-related lawsuits.

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• Man blames AEP for burns

  By Kelly Holleran | Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010 @ 3:34am

  HUNTINGTON -– A man blames American Electric Power for severe burns and neurotic damage he incurred while working close to a live electrical wire.

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• Family sues after man's clothes caught on fire at work

  By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Jan 26, 2010 @ 4:13am

  CHARLESTON -- A man and his wife are suing two companies and one person, both individually and on behalf of their two daughters after his clothing caught on fire while at work.

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• THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

  By Kyla Asbury | Friday, Jan 8, 2010 @ 1:30am

  Dec. 9

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• THIS JUST IN: Putnam County

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Dec 11, 2009 @ 1:20am

  Dec. 2

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• Verizon says it isn't responsible for man's fall off pole

  By Kelly Holleran | Thursday, Dec 10, 2009 @ 8:15am

  CHARLESTON – Verizon South says it did not own a pole that allegedly broke while a Bluefield man was climbing it, causing him to fall 25 feet.

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• Two couples sue multiple companies in asbestos cases

  By Kyla Asbury | Monday, Dec 7, 2009 @ 1:30pm

  CHARLESTON -- Two couples are suing multiple companies in separate asbestos-related suits.

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• THIS JUST IN: Mason County

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, Sep 25, 2009 @ 2:05am

  Aug. 18

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• Defendant company shut 51 years ago, dismissal says

  By Kelly Holleran | Thursday, Sep 17, 2009 @ 3:50am

  CHARLESTON -- An electric company is asking the federal court to dismiss a lawsuit a Mingo County man filed against a company that has been defunct for more than 50 years.

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• Appalachian Power says it shouldn't have to pay punitives for man's firing

  By Kelly Holleran | Thursday, Aug 27, 2009 @ 3:30am

  CHARLESTON – Appalachian Power Company claims it should not have to pay punitive damages to a man who filed a lawsuit against it after he says a faulty security gate arm got him fired.

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• THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, Aug 7, 2009 @ 2:30am

  July 17

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• THIS JUST IN: Putnam County

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Jul 31, 2009 @ 2:10am

  July 6

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• THIS JUST IN: Putnam County

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Jun 26, 2009 @ 2:10am

  June 15

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• Clay couple sues AEP over man's shocking ginseng search

  By Kelly Holleran | Wednesday, Apr 15, 2009 @ 4:00am

  HUNTINGTON – A Clay County couple filed a federal suit against a major electrical company over a severe electrical shock the man says he received from an electric line while he was searching for ginseng.

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• THIS JUST IN: Wayne County

  By Drew Smith | Friday, Oct 10, 2008 @ 2:20am

  Sept. 3

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• This Just In: Putnam County

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Mar 28, 2008 @ 2:25am

  March 6

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• This Just In: Kanawha County

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, Oct 26, 2007 @ 2:30am

  Oct. 12

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• Wayne woman sues power company, contractor over husband's electrocution death

  By Cara Bailey | Tuesday, Aug 14, 2007 @ 4:00am

  WAYNE - A Wayne County woman has filed a suit against a power company after her husband was electrocuted while working on a power pole.

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• Jackson County couple files asbestos suit

  By Cara Bailey | Tuesday, Apr 10, 2007 @ 4:00am

  CHARLESTON - Fifty-six local, national and international companies were named as defendants in as asbestos case filed by a Jackson County couple.

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