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CHARLESTON – Senior Status Greenbrier County Magistrate Brenda Campbell has been publicly admonished for violating four judicial ethics rules.
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After seven years of providing low-cost motorcycle, ATV, and off-road insurance to mountaineers, Rider Insurance is pulling out of West Virginia.
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CHARLESTON – West Virginia’s only online court access is now making single court cases available for 24 hours at a price of $125.
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PARSONS — A West Virginia attorney has teamed up with the J.R. Clifford Project to release a book shining new light on some of the state’s old civil rights cases. Thomas Rodd recently published "Stories from West Virginia's Civil Rights History, A New Home for Liberty" under Quarrier Press, with the West Virginia public libraries as its main recipient. The book deals with what Rodd calls West Virginia's "unique" place in civil rights history and aims to improve public understanding.
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CHARLESTON – A federal judge scheduled a hearing leading up to several criminal sentencings surrounding the 2014 Freedom Industries chemical spill that left thousands without water for days. District Judge Thomas Johnston scheduled the hearing for Jan. 27 regarding the Freedom Industries cases. Johnston wrote that the hearing will discuss the factual and legal basis for all pleased offenses in the cases. Sentencings are scheduled in February for former Freedom officials Gary Southern, Dennis
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PINEVILLE – A Justice couple is suing over workplace injuries sustained by the husband, alleging that the mining company failed to provide a safe work environment.
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Count on plaintiffs lawyers to make sure no corporate crisis goes to waste.
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There was a time when many major cities in America had as many as half a dozen newspapers: two or three morning papers, two or three afternoon papers, with multiple editions published throughout the day.
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CHARLESTON – Peggy L. Schultz of Peggy Schultz & Associates LLP in Charleston has been elected to the officer position of Assistant Secretary for the Association of the Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA) during the 74th ADTA Annual Meeting in Ponte Vedra, Fla.
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MARTINSBURG – Martin & Seibert, L.C. is pleased to announce the West Virginia Bar Foundation Board of Directors has selected Martin & Seibert’s Kay Fuller, Director of Business Development, as a member of the 17th class of Bar Foundation Fellows.
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PINEVILLE – A Beckley man has sued Ford Motor Company and a local dealership, blaming them for the wrongful death of his son.
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CHARLESTON – A transportation company is suing over claims it has not been paid for damage caused when its rail cars derailed on a West Virginia track under construction.
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CHARLESTON – The estate of a Roane County woman is suing over claims her doctors failed to order CT scans after she was fatally injured in a fall.
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CHARLESTON – Robinson & McElwee has been recognized as a Tier 1 law firm in Charleston in four practice areas, and a Tier 2 law firm in Charleston in 10 practice areas, by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” in 2015.
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CHARLESTON – A Mercer County man is suing over claims he was fired after permanently injuring his back at work.
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CHARLESTON – A man is suing over claims his employer falsely accused him of falsifying a workplace injury.
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CHARLESTON – Edward J. George, a member of Robinson & McElwee PLLC, has been elected to serve on the Board of Directors for the National Association of State Lobbyists.
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CHARLESTON – The law firm of Babst Calland has announced the lateral moves of four established West Virginia attorneys who have joined the firm’s office in downtown Charleston.
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HUNTINGTON -- Best Lawyers has released its 2015 guide, recognizing a number of Huddleston Bolen’s lawyers and practice groups.
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CHARLESTON – Well, the 2014 general election campaign is in full swing and the ads are flying. It only takes about a week to get your fill of them.
