Ross CHARLESTON – An ABC News team has been in Charleston this week, apparently working on a story involving the headline-grabbing state Supreme Court cases involving Massey Energy.
Benjamin CHARLESTON – A bankrupt coal company and its president again are asking state Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin to recuse himself from its case against Massey Energy. And this time, they have commissioned a poll to help make their point.
Maynard CHARLESTON - Federal investigators were apparently sniffing around the state's Supreme Court while the Justices were preparing to hear a high-profile case for a second time.
Benjamin CHARLESTON - Despite a fellow justice's best efforts, state Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin will not recuse himself from cases involving his biggest campaign supporter.
Benjamin CHARLESTON - State Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin should not participate in a $240 million case involving his largest campaign supporter, according to the the companies hoping to preserve the verdict.
CHARLESTON -– Mike Lacy, the West Virginia Supreme Court's Director of Probation Services, is a featured guest this month on "Prevention WV," a 30-minute interview-style television program broadcast on the West Virginia Library Commission's Library Television network.
Starcher CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher on Monday asked a court official to preserve any evidence regarding Chief Justice Spike Maynard's relationship with Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship.
POINT PLEASANT – At least one lawsuit in which the city of Point Pleasant was involved was apparently settled over two years ago, but paperwork to formally dismiss it was only recently signed.
POINT PLEASANT – Despite the election being over, several newly election members of the Point Pleasant city council remain mum or non-committal on whether the city should settle or fight three lawsuits that were initiated during the previous administration.
Hughes CHARLESTON – Chief Deputy Attorney General Fran Hughes called herself the "chief architect" of a "brilliant plan" to use more than $1 million of lawsuit settlement money to re-elect Attorney General Darrell McGraw and Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw in 2004, according to the deposition of a former AG's office employee.
Signs like this one in support of councilman-at-large candidate Gary Cotton on the corner of Jackson Avenue and 26th Street are beginning to sprout up in Point Pleasant in preparation for the upcoming May 19 election. POINT PLEASANT – Candidates for the upcoming Point Pleasant city election are either mum or wanting to take a wait-and-see approach to lawsuits involving the city.