Mercer Circuit Court
Recent News About Mercer Circuit Court
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DuPont product hurting property owner's trees, Mercer lawsuit says
PRINCETON – An herbicide manufactured by DuPont is at the center of a recently filed lawsuit in Mercer County. -
Former Bluefield firefighter loses appeal
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision that upheld a former Bluefield firefighter’s termination. -
Supreme Court tightens control on consumer protection act
McHugh CHARLESTON -- West Virginia consumers looking to sue for misrepresentation under the state's Consumer Credit and Protection Act now must show proof of reliance, according to an opinion released Friday by the state Supreme Court of Appeals. -
Drug reps claim they were wrongly fired
BLUEFIELD – Five pharmaceutical salespeople claim they lost out on the opportunity to earn more than $100,000 per year when they were terminated after refusing to honor their employer's alleged unethical requests. -
Long John Silver's suits won't go back to Mercer County, federal judge rules
BLUEFIELD – Angela Dyson, former manager of Long John Silver's restaurant in Princeton, can't pursue a sexual harassment claim in Mercer Circuit Court. -
Court imposes sanctions in two disciplinary cases
CHARLESTON - In less than three weeks after hearing them, the state Supreme Court issued its rulings in two attorney discipline cases. -
Long John Silver's says woman should have sought arbitration first
BLUEFIELD – Long John Silver's says an employee should have sought company-sponsored arbitration before bringing her sexual harassment case to court. -
AT&T says former employee filed suit too early
BLUEFIELD – AT&T Mobility says its former employee did not exhaust all administrative remedies available to her before she filed suit against the company for its alleged failure to compensate her for her work. -
Sears seeks to have slip-and-fall case dismissed
BLUEFIELD –- Sears claims the federal court should dismiss a suit against it in which a woman is seeking more than $1 million after she claims she slipped and fell in a Kmart store. -
Manchin names new circuit judges for Mercer, Wayne counties
CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin has filled two of the three newly created circuit judgeships across the state. -
Mercer couple awarded $5.3 million in doctor molestation case
PRINCETON - A Mercer County couple was awarded more than $5.3 million after the woman claimed her doctor molested her. -
Retirement board wants pension terminated
CHARLESTON - The West Virginia Consolidated Public Retirement Board is attempting to terminate the pension of a man who pled guilty to several sexual assault and abuse crimes. -
Two justices voice concern for domestic violence in Richardson opinion
Davis CHARLESTON –Though the state Supreme Court was unanimous in reducing the sentence for a Charleston man convicted for the 1999 torture and kidnapping his then-girlfriend, two justices, citing the horrific level of domestic violence in the case, reluctantly concurred.
