Jack Whittaker CHARLESTON - Before an assembled jury could enter a courtroom in Kanawha Circuit Court, Powerball winner Jack Whittaker and a woman who accused him of assault reached a settlement.
Joseph Albright CHARLESTON – Two West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Justices think the other three treated Paul White Chevrolet of South Charleston too gently.
CHARLESTON -- Wal-Mart defense attorneys have removed a Kanawha County Circuit Court personal injury lawsuit to federal court claiming that plaintiffs fraudulently joined an employee as a defendant to keep the case in state court.
CHARLESTON – Snowshoe Mountain denies the allegations made by a prominent Charleston attorney in a countersuit after the resort sued him and his wife for failing to pay a nearly $5,000 homeowners fee.
CHARLESTON - When Paul White Chevrolet repossession man Donald Weekley showed up where Gloria Banks worked, she understood she would have to scrounge a car payment on the spot.
Darrell McGraw CHARLESTON -- State Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office has filed a lawsuit against major tobacco manufacturers to recoup about $7 million the companies aren't paying the state.
Philip K. Howard If the American public doesn't get a better understanding of the corrosive effects of living in a lawsuit culture, the very functioning of society will be at risk.
Darrell McGraw CHARLESTON - The office of state Attorney General Darrell McGraw, Jr. has terminated the Jan. 27 appointments of Weirton attorneys M. Eric Frankovitch and Michael Simon as special assistant Attorneys General.
Kent Carper CHARLESTON – When early voting for the May primary election began Wednesday, many West Virginia counties had to fall back to paper and optical scan ballots. The vendor chosen to supply new touch screen machines didn't get the machines programmed in time. That snafu has Kanawha County Commission President Kent Carper worried about potential lawsuits.
Bob Graham, right. WINFIELD – The embattled director of the Wyoming County Council on Aging has been sued for not allowing a former employee to take part in a retirement plan he administered.
Chief Justice Robin Davis CHARLESTON – Nearly 500 high school students from Kanawha County will attend oral arguments before the Supreme Court in Charleston on April 11-12 as part of the Supreme Court's eighth annual LAWS project.
Steve Roberts CHARLESTON -- West Virginia's Attorney General, Darrell McGraw, continues to evade the issue of why his office decided not to structure a consumer action settlement agreement so that the bulk of $10 million in lawsuit funds would go back to the state agencies for whom he served as legal counsel.