U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
Recent News About U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia
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Man says Bayer should've helped him find another job
WHEELING – A man says Bayer wrongly discriminated against him by refusing to help him find an appropriate job after he was forced to quit working at its New Martinsville facility due to a persistent cough. -
Drugmaker says Mylan attempt to sell generic Copaxone early is illegal
MORGANTOWN -- A Delaware pharmaceutical corporation claims Mylan is illegally attempting to sell a generic form of a drug used to treat multiple sclerosis that the Delaware company patented. -
Va. hospital says it fired woman for poor performance, not her age
MARTINSBURG – Winchester Regional Health Systems maintains it fired a 59-year-old woman because of her poor work performance despite her allegations that she was terminated due to her age. -
Boss says he didn't know plaintiff had been fired
WHEELING – The supervisor who a man is accusing of participating in an age- and disability-based decision to terminate him is saying he did not even know the man was fired until after it occurred. -
Man says he was fired after complaining about overtime
MARTINSBURG – A Charlestown man says he was terminated after his alleged complaints of being forced to work overtime without compensation for it. -
Sears, equipment maker want dismissed from treadmill suit
ELKINS – A popular store and a fitness equipment manufacturer say they should not be co-defendants with a doctor in a lawsuit a Barbour County woman and her husband filed after the woman fell and broke both her arms while running on a treadmill. -
Estate says companies to blame for man's fatal fall from bridge
WHEELING – The administratrix of a deceased man's estate has filed suit against Armstrong Steel Protectors and The Velotta Company, blaming them for not equipping the man with proper gear to prevent him from falling off a 50-foot bridge. -
Insurer wants $150K for fan-related fire
CLARKSBURG -- An insurance company says it was forced to pay a lumber company and a neighboring business more than $150,000 after a fire erupted in the building, caused by a defective exhaust fan. -
Ex-Guardsmen claim they were exposed to carcinogens
WEIRTON -- Seven former guardsmen have filed suit against contractor KBR and its subsidiaries, saying the companies exposed the men to a highly carcinogenic substance at a water plant where they worked as security. -
Md. man says truck driver pinned him against wall
KEYSER – A Maryland man is suing a West Virginia corporation and one of its employees after he says the employee pinned him to a wall while backing up a truck. -
Accounting firm says ex-employee tried to steal clients
MARTINSBURG -- A Martinsburg man is being sued after he allegedly breached a condition of his employment contract after leaving an accounting firm. -
Pittsburgh man sues Wheeling, oil company
WHEELING -- A Pittsburgh man has filed a suit in federal court against the City of Wheeling and Anthony Wayne Oil Corporation of West Virginia Inc. following an injury. -
Man sues Manchin, Lottery Commission after being denied gaming license
WHEELING -- An Ohio County man has filed a suit against the governor and the lottery commission members after his appeal for a table gaming license was denied. -
Collection firm wants suit moved to federal court
FAIRMONT -- An Atlanta debt-collecting firm has filed a notice of removal for a case originally filed in Monongalia Circuit Court by a Marion County woman. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Kay Casto & Chaney adds Bowers to Morgantown office
CHARLESTON -- Kay Casto & Chaney has announced that Debra A. Bowers has joined its Morgantown office as a member. -
Class action filed over AB&C Group plant closings
MARTINSBURG -- Four Berkeley and Jefferson County plant workers claim they and 375 others suffered a plant closing without proper notice. -
WVU law dean Fisher retiring in 2008
Fisher MORGANTOWN -- John W. Fisher II announced May 17 that he will retire after 10 years as dean of the West Virginia University College of Law. -
Byrd, Rockefeller recommend Rose for federal judge
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Charleston attorney Herschel H. "Ned" Rose III has been recommended by U.S. Senators Robert Byrd and Jay Rockefeller to serve as a federal judge in the Northern District of West Virginia.