State of West Virginia
Recent News About State of West Virginia
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THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
Aug. 17 -
Minn. company wants more info from former employee
BECKLEY – A Minnesota company is asking its former employee to supply it with more information after he filed a suit against the company for its alleged violation of a public policy when it laid him off. -
*** State Supreme Court calendar for 8/24 issue
Argument Docket -
PERSONNEL FILE: Nearly 40 percent of Huddleston Bolen lawyers honored
HUNTINGTON -- Nearly 40 percent of the lawyers at Huddleston Bolen were listed in the publication, The Best Lawyers in America 2010. -
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
July 17 -
PERSONNEL FILE: Aaron joins Jackson Kelly
Aaron CHARLESTON -– Jackson Kelly welcomes Ryan Aaron to its Charleston office. -
Asbestos fraud scheme started years ago
Peirce CHARLESTON – A Pittsburgh-based law firm and a West Virginia physician were part of an intricate web of deceit that led to big money for all, say their accusers in a civil fraud lawsuit. -
Lawmaker wants PEIA to ask for Oxy money
McGraw CHARLESTON -- Before a state agency starts making budget cuts, one West Virginia lawmaker wants it to inquire about money that he feels it may be owed from state Attorney General Darrell McGraw's controversial 2004 OxyContin settlement. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Paralegals elected to board, receive award for service
Lowther CHARLESTON -– Three Steptoe & Johnson paralegals have been recognized by the Legal Assistants/Paralegals of Southern West Virginia (LAPSWV) at the organization's fifth annual meeting and seminar held in June. -
PERSONNEL FILE: 14 lawyers admitted to practice in W.Va.
CHARLESTON -- Fourteen lawyers were admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia during a ceremony before the Supreme Court of Appeals on June 25. -
McGraw settlement causes $446K hole in Medicaid funding
McGraw WASHNGTON - The federal government plans to withhold nearly a half-million dollars the next time it doles out Medicaid funding to the State of West Virginia as a result of a settlement engineered by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw. -
Woman says doctors missed her breast cancer
BLUEFIELD -- A Northfork woman says doctors at Community Radiology of Virginia failed to diagnose her with breast cancer after an imaging test. -
THIS JUST IN: Wood County
June 9 -
PERSONNEL FILE: 17 admitted to practice law in W.Va.
CHARLESTON -- Seventeen lawyers were admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia during a ceremony before the Supreme Court of Appeals on June 3. -
THIS JUST IN: Boone County
May 12 -
Eli Lilly upset with McGraw's outside counsel
McGraw NEW YORK -- Eli Lilly & Co. is upset that an attorney hired by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw didn't send it a copy of a letter faxed to a federal judge regarding contingency fee issues. -
THEIR VIEW: What's wrong with checking old comp claims?
CHARLESTON -- Paul Nyden recently had a article in the Sunday Gazette-Mail about how Sedgewick (the folks handling the Old Fund Workers' Comp claims) is denying some Workers' Comp recipients disability benefits. -
*** SupCo calendar for 6/1 issue
Motion Docket -
PERSONNEL FILE: 56 admitted to practice law in W.Va.
CHARLESTON -- Fifty-six lawyers were admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia during a ceremony before the Supreme Court of Appeals on May 12.