COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal jury has returned a $2 million verdict against DuPont in the third of 3,500 cases charging that DuPont knowingly contaminated drinking water at its facility near Parkersburg.
PARKERSBURG – A jury returned a verdict against the City of Parkersburg and one of its police officers last week for a car accident that caused injuries.
CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group is speaking out as attorneys from a Mississippi law firm behind one of the biggest cases in West Virginia court history – and one of the biggest news stories involving a state Supreme Court justice – make their way to the Mountain State again.
COLUMBUS – A federal jury has awarded a college professor $500,000 in punitive damages on top of $5.1 million in compensatory damages awarded earlier this week in the second DuPont C-8 bellwether trial.
CHARLESTON – Look for more advertising from a political action committee funded primarily by West Virginia trial lawyers before the state Supreme Court race is over.
CHARLESTON – Beth Walker’s state Supreme Court campaign has responded to an attack ad from personal injury lawyers it says includes “false claims based on misleading evidence.” A political action committee called Just Courts For WV began running television ads earlier this week against Walker, according to documents with the Secretary of State’s office.
CHARLESTON – As part of a class action lawsuit, a West Virginia man is suing Little Caesar's Pizza for allegedly selling food made with contaminated water.
CHARLESTON – A handful of lawsuits were filed Friday related to 2014’s Elk River Chemical Spill. Saturday, Jan. 9, was the two-year anniversary of the incident that left about 300,000 residents without access to tap water for nine days.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A seven-member federal jury awarded $1.6 million to an Ohio woman who developed kidney cancer and claimed it was after drinking water contaminated with C8. The jury found Oct. 7 that Carla Marie Bartlett's kidney cancer was contracted after being exposed to C8 discharged by DuPont's Washington Works facility in Parkersburg into the Ohio River and her drinking water. The jury awarded Bartlett $1.1 million in damages due to DuPont's negligence, and $500,000 for emotional distres
CHARLESTON – Another lawsuit has been filed against Antero Resources Corporation for damages due to the company's fracking practices. Antero Resources Appalachian Corp., Hall Drilling LLC and Noble Energy Inc. were also named as defendants in the suit. Bethany D.
CHARLESTON – Three more lawsuits have been filed against Antero Resources Corporation after individuals claim it has caused them damages due to its fracking practices. Antero Resources Appalachian Corp. and Hall Drilling LLC also were named as defendants in the suit. William M.
FAYETTEVILLE – Two Fayette County businesses have filed the first lawsuit related to the Feb. 16 train derailment that sent a fireball into the sky and threatened the water supply.
CHARLESTON – The usual suspects are crossing the Appalachians to fund West Virginia congressional races this election cycle, with even local lawyers and law firms spending tens of thousands of dollars in hopes of sending Democratic candidates to the House of Representatives.
HUNTINGTON — A prominent Southeastern law firm is providing pro bono services to Kanawha County in its bid to remove its prosecuting attorney from office.
CHARLESTON -- The federal government is suing C. Michael Bee, a partner at Charleston law firm Hill Peterson Carper Bee & Deitzler PLLC, for nearly $2 million in back taxes.
CHARLESTON – Less than 24 hours after a chemical leak began to wreak havoc on Charleston and surrounding areas, a class action complaint already had been filed against the company responsible.
