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YOUR LEGAL WRITES: Animal law to sit, stay
For law firms, the veterinary industry may have become man's best friend. -
In search of the puppeteer
Democrat primary voters have spoken. West Virginia State Supreme Court Justice Spike Maynard won't return to the bench next year. -
Alliance announces 'Expect The Best' award winners
CHARLESTON -- The Charleston Area Alliance has announced the winners of the 2008 "Expect the Best" Awards. -
Harron has been in Bridgeport, attorney says
Harron CHARLESTON -- Clarksburg attorney Jerald E. Jones said he is surprised CSX Transportation had trouble serving papers to Dr. Ray Harron in a federal lawsuit. -
Starcher's history
Besides the comments in the New York Times last fall, Justice Larry Starcher has made other comments about about Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship and Justice Brent Benjamin. Here are some instances Massey mentioned last year in a complaint when it sued the state Supreme Court over what it says was Starcher's inability to be objective in cases involving the company. -
Chief Justice post back on rotation
Maynard CHARLESTON -- Spike Maynard will be Chief Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 2008, and Brent Benjamin will hold the position in 2009. -
CSX on global search for missing doctor
Harron WHEELING – A saga that already involves a made-up doctor now includes a missing physician. -
Starcher applies for State Bar job, sources say
Starcher CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Justice Larry Starcher apparently is looking for another job. -
Avandia study piques attorneys' interest at how-to-sue seminar
Houston attorney Mark Lanier CHICAGO – One million American diabetics take Avandia pills, and if more of them would suffer heart attacks attorneys could get rich. -
Harron gives up Texas medical license
Harron CHARLESTON -- A West Virginia physician accused of making thousands of silicosis diagnoses for trial attorneys has surrendered his Texas medical license. -
It's a shame about Ray
When Ray Harron decided to manufacture cancer diagnoses for money, he was probably thinking about his own bottom line. -
Wal-Mart hit with time-shaving class action suit
CHARLESTON – Wal-Mart essentially steals from its employees, according to recently filed class action lawsuit. -
West Virginia named nation's worst Judicial Hellhole
WASHINGTON – West Virginia was branded the nation's worst Judicial Hellhole on Wednesday by the American Tort Reform Foundation. -
Mason malpractice case dismissed a day after parties agree to discuss settlement
POINT PLEASANT – After first ordering the parties to discuss a settlement, the judge hearing a malpractice suit between two Mason County physicians has ordered the case dismissed. -
Blankenship optimistic as election nears
Blankenship CHARLESTON -- Heading into the final weekend of the election campaign, Don Blankenship said his political action group will be working even harder to get the word out about which candidates it wants to see win and lose. -
There's something about Larry
The American Bar Association says to have "judicial temperament... implies an absence of arrogance, impatience, pomposity, loquacity, irascibility, arbitrariness or tyranny." -
Starcher snubbed for chief justice job
Starcher CHARLESTON – In voting to give Robin Jean Davis another year as Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, the Justices cited her work so far this term. -
Manchin's Open For Business Report for July
CHARLESTON -- The July 2006 report reflects progress in the state's economic development efforts during the past month, with projects and related announcements that will assist with the creation of as many as 923 new jobs and the preservation of a significant number of existing jobs. -
Fighting fraud with fire
We're encouraged that Congress is finally exploring the anatomy of America's great asbestos fraud. But much more heartening was the recent filing of yet another asbestos lawsuit itself. -
Greed may be catching up to asbestos 'prepack' bankruptcy players
For decades asbestos and silicosis litigation has clogged the nation's courts, bankrupted American companies and lined the pockets of plaintiff's attorneys.