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• Nitro chemical injury case moved to federal court

  By Kelly Holleran | Thursday, Jan 28, 2010 @ 5:37am

  CHARLESTON -– A man who claims to have received chemical injuries after an explosion at a Nitro plant has seen his complaint removed to federal court.

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• Woman names 23 companies in asbestos case

  By Kyla Asbury | Monday, Jan 25, 2010 @ 4:27am

  CHARLESTON -- A woman is suing multiple companies in an asbestos-related suit.

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• 133 companies named in asbestos suits

  By Kyla Asbury | Thursday, Jan 14, 2010 @ 4:23am

  CHARLESTON -- Three people named 133 companies in two asbestos-related lawsuits.

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• Man sues Chrysler for vehicle's problems

  By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Jan 12, 2010 @ 9:40am

  CHARLESTON -- A man is suing Chrysler Motors after purchasing a vehicle he claims had multiple problems.

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• Bar recommends disbarment of Nitro attorney for conversion, co-mingling of car wreck settlement

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, Jan 8, 2010 @ 4:30am

  CHARLESTON - For mishandling of funds awarded to a client from a personal injury settlement, the state Bar is seeking the disbarment of a Kanawha County attorney.

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• Bar seeks admonishment for attorney, former state consumer advocate for sexual encounter with inmate

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, Jan 8, 2010 @ 4:21am

  CHARLESTON - The state Bar is asking a Clarksburg attorney and former state official be punished for fraudulently representing to correctional officers he needed to meet with an alleged client only to have sex with her.

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• Bluefield attorney faces reprimand for sexually suggestive correspondence with client

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, Jan 8, 2010 @ 4:13am

  CHARLESTON - The state Bar believes a Mercer County attorney acted inappropriately when he made romantic overtures to a female inmate he was helping with a divorce.

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• Man sues over insurance claim on amputated legs

  By Kyla Asbury | Wednesday, Jan 6, 2010 @ 3:30am

  CHARLESTON -- A man is suing two companies and one individual after he lost both of his legs and never received anything from an accidental death and loss of limb policy he had been paying premiums on since 1996.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Kanawha Magistrate Aaron to receive King award

  By The West Virginia Record | Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009 @ 8:00am

  Aaron CHARLESTON -- Kanawha County Magistrate Kim Aaron has been selected by the Martin Luther King Jr. West Virginia Holiday Commission to be honored with the "Living the Dream" Sharing of Self award.

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• 161 Monsanto cases removed to federal court

  By Chris Dickerson | Wednesday, Dec 23, 2009 @ 4:45am

  Love CHARLESTON -- A mountain of lawsuits against Monsanto and related companies have been removed to federal court.

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• THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

  By Kyla Asbury | Friday, Dec 18, 2009 @ 1:30am

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• Two couples sue multiple companies in asbestos cases

  By Kyla Asbury | Wednesday, Dec 9, 2009 @ 7:15am

  CHARLESTON -- Two couples are suing multiple companies in separate asbestos-related cases.

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• Two couples sue multiple companies in asbestos cases

  By Kyla Asbury | Monday, Dec 7, 2009 @ 1:30pm

  CHARLESTON -- Two couples are suing multiple companies in separate asbestos-related suits.

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• THIS JUST IN: Putnam County

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Nov 27, 2009 @ 1:10am

  Nov. 18

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• THIS JUST IN: Putnam County

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Nov 20, 2009 @ 1:15am

  Nov. 5

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• Man sues GM, others for wife's death

  By Kyla Asbury | Monday, Oct 26, 2009 @ 5:00am

  WINFIELD -- A man is suing General Motors Company, an unnamed seatbelt corporation and a woman for negligence and the wrongful death of his wife in a vehicle accident.

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• THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, Oct 16, 2009 @ 2:30am

  Oct. 1

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• Chesapeake Energy says Mich. firm owes it $450,000 for billings

  By Kelly Holleran | Monday, Sep 21, 2009 @ 9:25am

  CHARLESTON – An Oklahoma corporation says a Michigan company owes it more than $450,000 for joint interest billings on a well.

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• New Monongalia judge to be sworn in Thursday

  By The West Virginia Record | Tuesday, Sep 15, 2009 @ 3:00pm

  Gaujot MORGANTOWN -– Phillip D. Gaujot will be sworn in as West Virginia's newest circuit judge Thursday.

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• BrickStreet sued Whittaker company for not paying Workers' Comp premiums

  By Chris Dickerson | Friday, Sep 4, 2009 @ 3:00am

  Whittaker WINFIELD – Powerball winner Jack Whittaker again has found himself as a defendant in a lawsuit.

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