MARTINSBURG – A federal judge is allowing a bank robber who accused several police officers – including the former Jefferson County sheriff – to add two new defendants to his civil lawsuit.
CHARLES TOWN – After unsuccessful mediation, the lawsuit of a woman who says she was fired from her surgical technician job because she has HIV has been set for a July trial.
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has found that the purchase price obtained for a piece of property at a foreclosure sale did not “shock the conscience” and affirmed the circuit court’s denial of the property owner’s request for a preliminary injunction.
MARTINSBURG – A Jefferson County woman faces a $250,000 default judgment in a lawsuit that alleged she help steal 43 cars belonging to an organization that helps Purple Heart recipients from an auto auction, but she apparently isn’t facing criminal charges.
CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. – A report released March 5 by USLAW NETWORK shows many counties in West Virginia with a moderate judicial profile, though each panhandle with a definite stance.
CHARLESTON – State Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is calling a new bill that is in response to the controversy around one of his hires “childish” and “hyper-partisan.”
