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Recent News About Thompson Barney
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Mother blames Kanawha school board for disabled daughter's suicide
CHARLESTON – A mother has sued the Kanawha County Board of Education alleging it is responsible for her disabled teen daughter’s suicide. -
State Supreme Court denies WVAWC writ in water leak case
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals denied a writ of prohibition in an appeal involving West Virginia American water for the 2015 water leak. -
Cemetery named in another lawsuit for placing remains in wrong crypt
CHARLESTON – A cemetery company is named in yet another lawsuit claiming it placed the remains of a woman in a mausoleum crypt that had been purchased by others. -
Judge grants class status again in case involving 2015 WVAWC leak
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha Circuit judge has granted class certification again in a lawsuit related to a 2015 West Virginia-American Water Company leak in Dunbar. -
Lawsuit over alleged defective medical device moved to federal multidistrict panel
HUNTINGTON — A federal lawsuit against Cook Medical alleging a defective vena cava filter has been transferred to the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. -
Three prenatal opioid exposure lawsuits against McKinsey moved to California federal court
CHARLESTON — Three lawsuits against McKinsey & Company by minors who suffered prenatal exposure to opioids have been transferred to California federal court as part of multidistrict litigation. -
Marshall County man sues Cook Medical for implanted device he says caused him harm
WHEELING — A Marshall County man is suing Cook Medical alleging that a medical device that was implanted in him caused him harm. -
Justices send 2015 water leak case back to circuit court for reworking
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has remanded a case back to Kanawha Circuit Court to redo the class certification order consistent with another recent Supreme Court ruling. -
Judge signs order certifying class in W.Va.-American Water case about 2015 Dunbar leak
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha Circuit Judge has granted class-action certification in a case against West Virginia American Water Company regarding a 2015 leak. -
Another class action against West Virginia American Water Company moving forward
CHARLESTON – After delays, plaintiffs’ attorneys in a three-year-old case against West Virginia American Water Company have asked for class certification. -
Lawsuit filed against drug manufacturers over babies addicted at birth
CHARLESTON — A lawsuit was filed against drug manufactures by the guardian of an infant who was born addicted to opioids. -
Red Deer Apartments tenant alleges leg went through floor of unit
WINFIELD – A tenant of a Hurricane apartment building has filed suit against its owner after her leg allegedly went through the bathroom floor of her unit. -
Parties come to agreement in Mingo concealed carry license case
WILLIAMSON — A Mingo Circuit judge ordered a case to stay open until a petition for expungement is filed, after both parties have come to an agreement. -
Real estate company North Hills Group sues frack fluid disposal operators for gross negligence
FAYETTEVILLE — A real estate property owner is suing Danny Webb and Danny Webb Construction Co., Inc., a frack fluid disposal operator, citing alleged breach of fiduciary duty and unjust enrichment. -
Barbour County farm owners accuse builders of gross negligence
PHILIPPI — Barbour County farm owners are suing builders, alleging trespassing and negligence. -
Charleston woman accuses water company of property damage
CHARLESTON — A Charleston woman is suing a water supplier, alleging breach of duty and gross negligence in the damage of her property. -
Class action filed against drug firms for opioid-addicted newborns
CHARLESTON – A class action lawsuit has been filed against Purdue Pharma for babies who were born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome, a condition suffered by babies of mothers addicted to opioids. -
Federal judge gives water crisis settlement preliminary approval
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has granted preliminary approval on the settlement involving the January 2014 water crisis. -
Federal judge shoots down water crisis settlement proposal
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has nixed a proposed class action settlement regarding the 2014 Elk River chemical spill. U.S. District Judge John Copenhaver Jr. on July 6 issued an order denying the proposal. He denied it without prejudice, meaning the parties can refile a revised agreement. -
Under settlement, water spill law firms will get up to $850 per hour for work
CHARLESTON – While the average water consumer would collect about $500 from a pending settlement of claims over contamination of the Elk River, law firms would collect up to $850 an hour. Lawyers applying for fees up to $40 million reported that they worked 30,248 hours and their employees worked 16,657 hours. In the course of three years and four months, those totals equal about 175 hours a week for lawyers and about 100 a week for support staff.