CHARLESTON – Eastman Chemical Company has filed a lawsuit against the Lincoln County Commission for passing an illegal ordinance it claims is an attempt to recover money from the company three years after the chemical contaminated the water supply in West Virginia.
HUNTINGTON – Melissa Foster Bird, a partner at Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, recently received the firm’s Sara Turnipseed Women on the Go award, which recognizes individual contributions to the promotion of opportunity and success for female attorneys.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS – While West Virginia no longer is on the list of Judicial Hellholes, the state still isn't out of the woods yet, according to attorneys who spoke at a recent state Chamber of Commerce event.
CHARLESTON – The company that manufactures the chemical leaked into the Elk River in the 2014 spill that left more than 300,000 people without water for days wants a lawsuit by the administrator of the claim plan heard in federal court. Robert L. Johns, in his capacity as GC Plan Administrator and as Spill Claim Plan Administrator for Freedom Industries, filed his lawsuit Jan. 19 in Kanawha Circuit Court. Freedom Industries Inc. also is listed as a plaintiff in the case against Eastman Chemical
NEW MARTINSVILLE – A jury returned a verdict that CSX Transportation was not negligent in the 2009 death of 18-year-old Andrew Haslam. The jury returned with its verdict on Nov. 4, after deliberating for nearly three hours, finding that CSX, engineer Carey B.
HUNTINGTON – Three Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP West Virginia attorneys in 11 practice areas have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2016.
HUNTINGTON – Five Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP West Virginia attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2015 West Virginia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars publication.
HUNTINGTON – Alex Turner has joined the West Virginia office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP as an associate and will focus his practice on class action and mass tort litigation as well as commercial, medical liability, and product liability litigation.
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.
HUNTINGTON – Marc Williams, managing partner of the Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's West Virginia office, has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
HUNTINGTON – Speedway filed a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit against the company for injuries allegedly sustained at one of its Huntington gas stations.
HUNTINGTON – St. Mary's Medical Center filed a motion to dismiss a woman's punitive damages claim in a lawsuit alleging the hospital caused irreparable damages to a newborn baby.
HUNTINGTON – Three Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough attorneys based in West Virginia have been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America 2015.
HUNTINGTON – The National Foundation for Judicial Excellence has elected Marc Williams, managing partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's West Virginia office, as president.
HUNTINGTON -- Legal publisher Law Business Research has selected Marc E. Williams, managing partner of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP's West Virginia office, for its Who's Who Legal: Product Liability Defence 2014 directory.