PINEVILLE – Two lawsuits have been filed against Mine Safety Appliances Company after the plaintiffs claim they developed black lung disease despite wearing respirators during their careers.
An analytical newspaper reader can sometimes pick up things in an article that the reporter and editor may not have noticed, and that reader may even believe that the article in question communicates the opposite of what it seemed to.
WILLIAMSON – The Mingo County town of Kermit has joined the list West Virginia, a handful of counties and a few communities that have filed lawsuits against five drug companies it claims helped fuel an opioid epidemic within in the town and across the state The suit, filed Jan. 31 in Mingo Circuit Court, names McKesson Corporation, AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation, Cardinal Health, Miami-Luken and HD Smith Corporation as well as former Kermit clinic owner Cameron Justice as defendants.
CHARLESTON – A Mingo County woman is suing AirMedCare Network in a class action lawsuit after she claims it breached its contract with her and other consumers.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has upheld Mingo Circuit Court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit against Chafin Funeral Home by the widow of Mingo Sheriff Eugene Crum for funeral and burial expenses.
WILLIAMSON – A Delbarton man is suing California Casualty Management Company after he claims it acted in bad faith when settling an uninsured motorist claim.
CHARLESTON – A lawsuit has been filed against Protective Life Insurance Company alleging it breached its contract with a woman and her late husband. Dai-Ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co. was also named as a defendant in the suit. In April 2005, Rhoda Frye and her husband purchased life insurance policies from Chase Life Insurance Company and the defendants ultimately took over the policies and obligations under the policies, according to a complaint filed in Mingo Circuit Court and removed to feder
WILLIAMSON – A man is suing Belo Mine Supply Inc. after he claims his employment was wrongfully terminated because of his age and health issues. On Oct. 30, Joseph Rumore, at the age of 61, was terminated from his employment with Belo, according to a complaint filed in Mingo Circuit Court.
WILLIAMSON – Kirk Trucking Co. Inc. is suing the West Virginia Department of Transportation-Division of Highways after the company claims the DOH is responsible for a car accident.