CHARLESTON – The City of Charleston is suing Ohio Valley Spray Foam after it claims its roofing systems are defective. In 2006, Charleston issued a request for proposals regarding the purchase of a polyurethane foam-applied roofing system for the city’s North Charleston Recreation Center and an adjacent building, according to a complaint filed Oct. 9 in Kanawha Circuit Court and removed to federal court on Nov. 23. The city claims the defendant was the winning bidder and the parties entered in
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A seven-member federal jury awarded $1.6 million to an Ohio woman who developed kidney cancer and claimed it was after drinking water contaminated with C8. The jury found Oct. 7 that Carla Marie Bartlett's kidney cancer was contracted after being exposed to C8 discharged by DuPont's Washington Works facility in Parkersburg into the Ohio River and her drinking water. The jury awarded Bartlett $1.1 million in damages due to DuPont's negligence, and $500,000 for emotional distres
MOUNDSVILLE – A Moundsville couple is suing Williams Energy Resources LLC for property damages. Williams Ohio Valley Midstream LLC was also named as a defendant in the suit. Prior to July 1, 2013, the defendants have possessed, occupied, used and/or controlled real property adjacent to and uphill of property owned by Ronald Gouldsberry and Nancy Gouldsberry, according to a complaint filed in Marshall Circuit Court. The Gouldsberrys claim the defendants altered, modified and carried on activit
MOUNDSVILLE – Two more lawsuits have been filed against Williams Ohio Valley Midstream LLC after the plaintiffs claim the company was noisy and polluted their residences. Robert Carnahan and LeeAnn Carnahan and Ellen Harness own properties that are located near an oil and gas compressor owned by Williams, according to two complaints filed in Marshall Circuit Court. The plaintiffs claim Williams' operations have caused fumes, dust, noise and light to be present on their properties during all ho
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal judge, for the most part, denied motions by DuPont asking the court to exclude certain testimony and experts in an ongoing mass tort against the chemical company by Mid-Ohio Valley residents who were exposed to C8 in their drinking water. Judge Edmund A.
ELIZABETH—A Wirt County municipal entity filed suit against a farm operation and its owners, claiming breach of contract in an alleged 2013 loan default. Mid-Ohio Valley Regional Planning and Development Council of Parkersburg filed a complaint against Nature’s Bounty Farms LLC, Brian L.
PARKERSBURG - DuPont was granted partial summary judgment in a 2013 lawsuit against it involving C-8 contamination. While it was granted partial summary judgment, DuPont still was denied summary judgment as it related to the conscious pain and suffering claims by two individuals; as it related to the battery claims of eight individuals; and as it related to conspiracy claims by three individuals. "Our main takeaway here is that, once again, DuPont has attempted to escape its obligations to mid
MOUNDSVILLE - Six lawsuits have been filed against Williams Ohio Valley Midstream LLC after the plaintiffs claim they have been affected by noise and pollution from the facility. Brenda Rine; David Poling and Kimberly Poling; Joshua Nelson and Tracie Nelson; Judith McGary; Timothy Dulaney and Shirley Dulaney; and Rickey McGary and Lisa McGary's properties are located near an oil and gas compressor that is owned by Williams, according to six complaints filed in Marshall Circuit Court. The plain
CHARLESTON – Steptoe & Johnson attorney David M. Flannery has been appointed by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin to serve as a member of the Ohio Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO).
PARKERSBURG – A group has made public $9 million in invoices paid by DuPont to a firm that is overseeing the medical monitoring program for C-8 litigation.
MOUNDSVILLE – Marshall County residents that live near Williams Ohio Valley Midstream LLC's oil and gas processing plant are suing the company after they claim the plant has made it unbearable to live in their homes.
CHARLESTON - An organization whose goal is to hold DuPont accountable for commitments to the people of the Greater Mid-Ohio Valley was launched Wednesday with a website called Keep Your Promises DuPont.
CHARLESTON – Thousands of lawsuits related to ongoing litigation against DuPont by Mid-Ohio Valley residents who were exposed to C8 in drinking water recently have flooded federal courts.
MOUNDSVILLE – A Marshall County man is suing over claims his residence was damaged by explosives used during construction of a nearby oil and gas processing facility.
