MADISON -- A continuous miner operator claims he was seriously injured in Signature Mining Services' Coalburg No. 1 underground mine when ordered to work despite adverse geological conditions.
McGraw CHARLESTON – Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office on Tuesday filed lawsuits seeking to crack down on prescription drug distributors who he says are behind a "major scourge" in West Virginia.
Ketchum CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals this week upheld a $2 million judgment against CSX in a lawsuit over the company's hostile work environment.
MADISON -- A professional medical malpractice suit against Charleston Area Medical Center and two Madison defendants is in Boone Circuit Court concerning a 2011 death.
CHARLESTON -- The Caperton-Massey saga began in 1998 when Harman Mining President Hugh Caperton sued A.T. Massey Coal alleging Massey canceled a contract, resulting in the company going out of business. In 2002, a Boone Circuit Court jury ruled for Caperton and awarded him $50 million.
MADISON -- A longtime West Virginia School Services Personnel Association member wants a Boone Circuit Court jury to require monetary awards because she was wrongfully discharged.
MADISON -- A former mine shift foreman accuses his superintendent and employer Coal River Energy of repeated harassment and abuse relative to post-traumatic stress disorder he suffered through military service in Vietnam.
MADISON -- A former underground foreman at the Upper Big Branch Mine claims he was constructively discharged in February 2010 because he raised safety issues.
MADISON -- A rock truck driver has brought a personal injury suit against Hobet Mining, claiming faulty operational parts of his truck bed caused him to suffer severe and permanent injuries.
MADISON -- A Madison man seeks money damages, injunctive action and "other equitable and legal relief" for what he calls unlawful discrimination and retaliation that ended his employment at Boone County Foodland.
MADISON - Three estate handlers for victims of the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion have joined the list of plaintiffs in Boone Circuit Court seeking jury judgments for a variety of awards.