CHARLESTON – A CSX locomotive engineer and his union are suing Montgomery police and Kanawha County over a breath test he says he was forced to take after striking and killing a pedestrian on tracks near Montgomery.
Goodwin CHARLESTON – Individuals who sued manufacturers of heart medicine Digitek will feel more like patients than plaintiffs when they fill out fact sheets for a federal judge.
CHARLESTON – Dominion Transmission will send checks to about 25,000 owners and lessors of oil and gas wells under settlement of a class action suit in U.S. District Court.
McGraw CHARLESTON -- A federal judge has denied a request by Capital One to alter his ruling in a dispute over West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's investigation into it.
Ketchum CHARLESTON – Like a rookie swinging at every pitch, Justice Menis Ketchum asked about as many questions as the other four Justices together on the first day of his new job at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
CHARLESTON -- Hoppy Kercheval is dead wrong on this one. Teachers and school employees should be randomly drug tested. Absolutely. Hoppy's defense of them is a little perplexing.
McGraw RICHMOND, Va. -- A three-member panel of federal appellate judges has sided with state Attorney General Darrell McGraw's argument that certain advertising restrictions on the video lottery industry should be maintained.
Starcher CHARLESTON – To the end, the old West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals worked hard at making decisions. And former Justice Larry Starcher worked hard at disagreeing.
Before the American Revolution, King George's soldiers could randomly search the home or business of any colonist for smuggled goods. The soldiers' legal authority to conduct the searches came from "writs of assistance."
Goodwin CHARLESTON -- The Kanawha County Board of Education will not be able to randomly drug test teachers, thanks to a preliminary motion granted Monday by U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin.
CHARLESTON -- The outcome of a suit a state teachers union filed against the Kanawha County Board of Education after it elected to randomly drug test teachers is extremely important, the president of the union said.
HUNTINGTON – John David Mooney, who claims attorney Michael Frazier should have kept him out of federal prison, has shifted his claim from federal court to Cabell Circuit Court.
Maynard CHARLESTON – Just because a 19-year-old drank too much at someone's home doesn't mean the homeowner's insurer has to pay for a fatal accident she caused down the road, according to the state Supreme Court.
Goodwin HUNTINGTON – He proved he didn't belong in prison, but John David Mooney can't pursue a suit in federal court against the public defender who failed to prove he didn't belong in prison.
Goodwin CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin, striving to gain a grip on national litigation over heart medicine Digitek, fell back on tradition and demanded separate complaints from separate plaintiffs.
Goodwin CHARLESTON - U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin ruined holiday appetites of four leaders in national litigation over heart medicine Digitek, summoning them to chambers a day before Thanksgiving for private conversation about mutiny in their ranks.
Goodwin CHARLESTON – U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin, who ignored advice from a Louisiana lawyer about Wheeling attorney Teresa Toriseva, chooses also to ignore an affidavit from Barry Hill of Wheeling about how he fired Toriseva.