BIRMINGHAM, Alabama – We like to think of asbestos as a problem of the past, something that has been “done away with” back in the '80s and '90s. But sadly, for hundreds of thousands of Americans, it is still very much at the front of the mind.
WILLIAMSON – The daughter of a deceased miner who worked in West Virginia coal mines for nearly 40 years has filed suit against the manufacturers and distributors of respirators and dust masks over allegations their defective products led to his lung disease.
RIPLEY – A Jackson County woman claims a car dealer knowingly sold her a defective car, despite it being labeled a “certified pre-owned” vehicle on the lot.
NEW CUMBERLAND – A former operations supervisor at Ergon-West Virginia alleges that he was fired in retaliation for requesting a medical leave for knee surgery.
NEW CUMBERLAND – A man is suing HLC Holdings Inc. after he claims he was injured while on its premises. HLC Holding is doing business as Homer Laughlin China Co. The company, which is based in Newell, is best known for its Fiesta line of dinnerware. On Dec. 9, 2013, Albert Baumgartner was a patron at the defendant’s establishment, according to a complaint filed in Hancock Circuit Court. Baumgartner claims while there, he was caused to fall due to dangerous and hazardous conditions on the prem
PARKERSBURG - Wood Circuit Judge J.D. Beane has ordered the dismissal of the lawsuit filed by former city Finance Director Ashley Flowers against multiple parties. Beane ordered the case dismissed and removed from the docket last week. On Oct. 20, Flowers had filed a motion to dismiss her lawsuit, which she had filed in July against her estranged husband, among other defendants who had already been dismissed.
PARKERSBURG - The former finance director of Parkersburg filed a lawsuit July 15 in Wood Circuit Court claiming she was defamed by county officials, residents and social media websites. Ashley Flowers filed the lawsuit against her estranged husband, Harold Flowers; former county commissioner Rick Modesitt; Callie Lyons; River City News Network; attorney William Merriman; Darci Dyke; Tina Hughes; Vicki Gheen; Stephanie Boone; Sarah Goff; Wood County Republican Party Chairman Rob Cornelius; BurgT
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has chosen three circuit judges to hear allegations regarding Parkersburg Mayor Robert Newell and the allegations that he participated in misconduct and should be removed from office.
CHARLESTON -- Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin joined Cabinet Secretary Keith Burdette, the West Virginia Development Office and the West Virginia Export Council to present the Governor's Commendation for International Market Entry to representatives of 37 West Virginia business exporters, celebrating top small and medium businesses in the Mountain State.
