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• Letart woman claims 78 companies responsible for husband's death

  By Kyla Asbury | Thursday, Feb 17, 2011 @ 2:16am

  CHARLESTON -- A Letart woman is suing 78 companies after she claims they are responsible or her late husband's lung cancer and death.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Two partners join Dinsmore & Shohl's Wheeling office

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Feb 10, 2011 @ 1:55am

  Harman WHEELING -- Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce that Anne Harman and Christopher Riley have joined the firm as partners.

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• Wood Co. couple names 80 defendants in asbestos suit

  By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 @ 7:31am

  CHARLESTON -– A Parkersburg man and his wife are suing 80 companies after they claim they are responsible for his lung cancer.

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• N.C. woman sues 58 companies for grandfather's lung cancer, death

  By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 @ 7:28am

  CHARLESTON – A North Carolina woman is suing 58 companies after she claims they are responsible for her grandfather's lung cancer and death.

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• Parkersburg couple names 76 defendants for lung cancer diagnosis

  By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Jan 25, 2011 @ 7:26am

  CHARLESTON – A Parkersburg man and his wife named 76 companies they claim are responsible for his lung cancer.

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• Couple sues 91 defendants for asbestos exposure

  By Kyla Asbury | Monday, Jan 24, 2011 @ 6:00am

  CHARLESTON -- A couple is suing 91 companies after it claims it is responsible for exposing them to asbestos during employment.

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• CIVIL FILINGS: Marshall County

  By Denise Simpson | Friday, Jan 21, 2011 @ 1:10am

  Dec. 22

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• CALA questions law firm's informational meeting

  By Chris Dickerson | Thursday, Jan 20, 2011 @ 9:23am

  Heath CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group is questioning the motives behind a community informational meeting scheduled for Friday in Marshall County.

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• PERSONNEL FILE: Steptoe & Johnson announces new members

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Jan 13, 2011 @ 1:20am

  Anderson MORGANTOWN -– Susan S. Brewer, CEO of Steptoe & Johnson, announced that effective Jan. 1, five of the firm's attorneys have been promoted to membership.

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• Wood couple file second online defamation suit

  By Lawrence Smith | Wednesday, Jan 12, 2011 @ 2:45am

  MIDDLEBOURE – A Wood County couple has filed a second lawsuit alleging they were defamed by comments made about them online.

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• New Haven couple names 76 companies in asbestos suit

  By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Jan 11, 2011 @ 4:30am

  CHARLESTON -- A New Haven couple is claiming 76 companies are responsible for a lung cancer diagnosis.

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• Fairmont man names 97 companies as defendants in asbestos suit

  By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Dec 28, 2010 @ 2:43am

  CHARLESTON -- A Fairmont man is suing 97 companies he claims are responsible for his lung cancer.

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• CIVIL FILINGS: Ohio County

  By Denise Simpson | Friday, Dec 17, 2010 @ 1:10am

  Nov. 23

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• 82 companies named as defendants in asbestos suit

  By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Dec 7, 2010 @ 7:00am

  CHARLESTON -- Two individuals have named 82 companies as defendants in an asbestos suit.

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• Putnam couple names 81 defendants in asbestos case

  By Kyla Asbury | Wednesday, Dec 1, 2010 @ 1:48am

  CHARLESTON -- A Putnam County couple named 81 defendants in their asbestos case, claiming they caused a mesothelioma diagnosis.

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• Cabell man sues for failure to pay wages

  By Kyla Asbury | Tuesday, Nov 30, 2010 @ 7:38am

  HUNTINGTON -- A Cabell County man is suing Continental Building Systems after he claims it has failed to pay wages he is owed.

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• Social networking comments lead to defamation suits

  By Lawrence Smith | Friday, Nov 19, 2010 @ 1:45am

  PARKERSBURG -– Three Mid-Ohio Valley residents allege recent comments posted about them on two popular social networking sites were anything but social.

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• Sod woman says 76 companies responsible for husband's lung cancer, death

  By Kyla Asbury | Thursday, Nov 18, 2010 @ 3:59am

  CHARLESTON -- A Sod woman is suing 76 companies that she claims are responsible for her husband's lung cancer and death.

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• Ga. couple names 80 defendants in asbestos suit

  By Kyla Asbury | Thursday, Nov 18, 2010 @ 3:54am

  CHARLESTON -- A Georgia couple named 80 companies as defendants in their asbestos-related suit after they claim the companies are responsible for a lung cancer development.

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• Kenna woman sues 72 companies for husband's lung cancer, death

  By Kyla Asbury | Thursday, Nov 18, 2010 @ 3:53am

  CHARLESTON -- A Kenna woman is suing 72 companies after she claims they are responsible for her late husband's lung cancer and death.

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