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Charleston firm working on Gulf oil spill lawsuits
Hill CHARLESTON -- The BP oil spill is about 1,000 miles away, but a Charleston law firm is working on some class-action lawsuits resulting from the spill in the Gulf of Mexico. -
Pittsburgh couple names 89 companies in asbestos suit
CHARLESTON -- A Pittsburgh, Pa., couple named 89 companies as defendants in their asbestos-related law suit. -
DuPont asks for rehearing of punitives issue
Hill CHARLESTON - DuPont has asked the state Supreme Court for a rehearing of the once-$381 million case against it. -
Class action plaintiff pay day
There are benefits for the guy at the top that just aren't available to the people below. As Louis XVI (Mel Brooks) says in History of the World, Part I, "It's good to be the king!" -
The incentives of a class action
Hill CLARKSBURG -- When Harrison Circuit Court Judge Thomas Bedell asked for any objections to $127 million being paid to attorneys in a class action lawsuit against DuPont during a 2008 hearing, no class member in attendance responded. -
Attorney responds to Ketchum's medical monitoring dissent
Hill CHARLESTON -- State Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum's forceful dissent in a $381 million case wasn't a total shock to Charleston attorney Ed Hill. -
Justice Menis Ketchum's dramatic dissent
At times, we wondered how long it would be before a state Supreme Court justice would denounce the predatory practices of some plaintiff attorneys, finally acknowledging the devastating impact of flimsy lawsuits that have overburdened our court system and done grievous harm to our faltering economy. -
State should be wary of plaintiffs attorneys, Ketchum warns
Ketchum CHARLESTON - State Supreme Court Justice Menis Ketchum recently wrote that the plaintiffs lawyers in a $381 million case against DuPont will harm the state's economy if a medical monitoring law is not abolished or revised. -
DuPont wins new trial in Spelter case
CHARLESTON (Legal Newsline)- The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia on Friday reduced the punitive damages award won by residents of Spelter in a pollution class action lawsuit against DuPont Co. -
170 defendants named in 11 asbestos cases
CHARLESTON -- Eight couples, one man and two widows name 170 defendants in 11 asbestos-related cases. -
Two couples, widow name 160 companies in separate asbestos suits
CHARLESTON -- Two couples and one widow -- all from Ohio -- are suing multiple companies in three separate asbestos cases. -
Woman names 23 companies in asbestos case
CHARLESTON -- A woman is suing multiple companies in an asbestos-related suit. -
PERSONNEL FILE: McCune to lobby for NFIB
CHARLESTON -- The National Federation of Independent Business, West Virginia's leading small business association, has chosen Patrick McCune, a former state senator and veteran lobbyist, to serve as its voice at the West Virginia Statehouse. -
Couple names 66 companies in asbestos case
CHARLESTON -- A man and his wife named 66 companies in a lawsuit after he was diagnosed with asbestosis and mesothelioma. -
O'Connor leads push against judicial elections
O'Connor DENVER -- Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is leading the push against the election of judges, saying the process taints jurists who depend on political contributions to keep their places on the bench. -
W.Va. drops a spot, still the No. 2 'Judicial Hellhole'
WASHINGTON -- The American Tort Reform Foundation was less critical of West Virginia's legal system this year, but still ranked it as the No. 2 Judicial Hellhole in the country in its annual report released Tuesday. -
Two couples sue multiple companies in asbestos cases
CHARLESTON -- Two couples are suing multiple companies in separate asbestos-related cases. -
Two couples sue multiple companies in asbestos cases
CHARLESTON -- Two couples are suing multiple companies in separate asbestos-related suits. -
W.Va. Chamber pushes tort reform for next legislative session
CHARLESTON -- Civil justice reform is one of the many areas the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce would like to see state lawmakers focus their efforts. -
Argentinians invoke 1853 treaty in Delaware asbestos suit
WILMINGTON, Del. -– Three men from Argentina accusing chemical maker DuPont of exposing them to asbestos in Argentina have invoked American jurisdiction pursuant to a treaty that President Franklin Pierce signed in 1853.