CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General candidate David K. Higgins says his qualifications for the office speak for themselves. Higgins, an attorney at Robinson & McElwee, said he has experience in handling tax litigation and litigation involving the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act.
HUNTINGTON – A lawsuit against Taco Bell alleging a former employee was discriminated against for reporting racial slurs was removed to federal court, where it was dismissed. District Judge Robert C.
KINGWOOD – A Preston County couple says Ace Hardware isn’t exactly the helpful hardware place it claims to be in its advertising after the man says he nearly died using a piece of rental equipment. Michael L. and Crystal L. Frantz of Terra Alta filed their lawsuit against Ace Hardware Corporation, which is based in Illinois, and A.D. Naylor & Co. Inc. of Oakland, Md., last month in Preston Circuit Court.
CHARLESTON – Central Regional West Virginia Airport Authority and Triad Engineering have filed answers to a complaint filed against it because of the March landslide, while two other defendants filed motions to dismiss themselves from the lawsuit. Meanwhile, airport officials want to keep the case in Kanawha Circuit Court rather than having it removed to federal court. Yeager officials say removing the case to federal court could delay work on the runway in wake of the March 12 landslide.
By KYLA ASBURY CHARLESTON – A construction company is suing Lumos Networks LLC after it claims the company has failed to pay more than $900,000. For outside plant construction that Nichols Construction LLC performed at Lumos' request since September 2012, as of April 1, 2014, Lumos owed the sum of $917,533.55, according to a complaint filed April 30 in Kanawha Circuit Court. Nichols performed all of the outside plant construction for Lumos, which Lumos has failed to pay. Of the total detaile
By KYLA ASBURY CHARLESTON – A federal judge has ruled that Joe Holland Chevrolet will not have to provide insurance coverage for some contraceptives to its employees. District Judge Thomas E.
CHARLESTON -- The law firm of Robinson & McElwee PLLC will sponsor its first Employer Advocate Seminar on Sept. 12 at the South Charleston Ramada Plaza Hotel.
Surber CHARLESTON -- Robinson & McElwee PLLC is pleased to announce that Sarah J. Surber recently has been admitted to the West Virginia State Bar.
Romeo CHARLESTON -- Robinson & McElwee PLLC has welcomed Riley Romeo Jr., William Marcum and Ryan Kennedy to the firm as associates. All are graduates of the West Virginia University College of Law.
