Judge Joseph R. Goodwin
Recent News About Judge Joseph R. Goodwin
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Judge denies request for new mesh trial
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has denied a motion requesting a reduction in punitive damages in a lawsuit against C.R. Bard Inc. for its vaginal mesh products. -
Attorneys want to withdraw Ethicon motion
CHARLESTON – Less than one month after filing a motion to revise case management procedures and for discovery related to plaintiff solicitation, Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon have filed a new motion to withdraw the previous one. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Four elected partners at Bailey & Glasser
CHARLESTON – Bailey & Glasser LLP is pleased to announce that the following four attorneys have been elected partners in the firm, effective January 1, 2015: Jeffrey Baron, Michael Hissam, Patricia Kipnis and Robert Lorea. -
Couple says life insurer withheld money
CHARLESTON – A couple is suing Athene Annuity and Life Company after they claim it wrongfully withheld life insurance money from them. -
Mesh litigation on the rise, Hellhole report says
CHARLESTON – Aside from asbestos claims, mesh litigation has become the largest mass tort and is centered in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, according to the latest Judicial Hellholes report released by the American Tort Reform Foundation. -
Federal jury awards $3.27M transvaginal mesh MDL verdict
CHARLESTON – A West Virginia jury has awarded $3.27 million to the plaintiff in a multi-district litigation lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson over allegedly defective transvaginal mesh products. -
Federal judge tosses case against jail authority over alleged beating
The Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston -
Woman says she was raped while at Western Regional Jail
Cabell County Courthouse -
Hoosier Buckeye Oil Ventures wins case
CHARLESTON - A lawsuit against Hoosier Buckeye Oil Ventures LLC has been dismissed from federal court. -
Union Carbide granted summary judgment in alleged toxic gas case
The Bayer CropScience Institute Industrial park -
Fourth Circuit affirms Goodwin's ruling in Wood Co. civil rights case
The altercation between Brian Sawyer and Deputy Jim Asbury -
Three Mingo deputies accused of excessive force
CHARLESTON - Three Mingo County Sheriff’s deputies are accused of brutalizing a man following an altercation he had with one of the deputy’s loved ones. -
Mingo civil rights suit settled for $15K
CHARLESTON - A Mingo County man has agreed to accept a nuisance-value settlement with the remaining police officers in his lawsuit alleging civil rights violations. -
Home confinement officer accused of civil rights violations
CHARLESTON – A former Greenbrier County home confinement officer is accused of getting too personal with an offender he was assigned to supervise.
