U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
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Logan Commission agrees to settle second home confinement sexual misconduct suit
CHARLESTON – On the heels of being relieved of liability in one civil rights suit alleging sexual misconduct by one of its home confinement officers, the Logan County Commission has agreed to settle another. -
Judge sets aside portion of verdict in sexual misconduct suit
CHARLESTON – Finding that one of its home confinement officers had adequate training and knew the boundaries of acceptable behavior, a judge has set aside the portion of a jury’s verdict returned against Logan County officials in a woman’s civil rights suit. -
Congressional redistricting case dismissed from federal court
CHARLESTON – U.S. District Court Judge Robert B. King has dismissed the remaining two counts of a 2011 lawsuit brought by the Jefferson County Commission regarding Congressional redistricting. -
Laborers union recovers payments from employer
CHARLESTON – An Ohio company has agreed to pay a Charleston-based laborers union more than $180,000 to settle a lawsuit filed against it. -
Settlement reached in negligence case against St. Mary's
HUNTINGTON – An Ohio couple have settled their lawsuit against St. Mary’s Medical Center in Huntington that said the hospital’s employees were to blame for husband Matthew Watts passing out and hitting his head. -
Huntington police again accused of civil rights violations
HUNTINGTON – Another Huntington resident is accusing the City of civil rights violations after a police officer allegedly used excessive force in arresting him. -
State Police revising policies as a result of settlement
CHARLESTON – The State Police has agreed to both a payout and to make certain policy changes to settle a Wirt County woman’s “sexually intrusive” warrantless arrest suit. -
Mingo town settles civil rights suit against police officers
CHARLESTON – A Mingo County municipality has settled a civil rights suit accusing two of its former officers of wrongfully arresting a man following a traffic stop. -
Transvaginal mesh trials to begin in a year
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Conviction of former Montcoal security chief affirmed by Fourth Circuit
RICHMOND, Va. – On Dec. 14, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the conviction of former Montcoal Mine chief of security Hughie Elbert Stover on charges related to the investigation of the deadly mine explosion of April 2010. -
Fayette deputies accused of beating disabled man
CHARLESTON – Four Fayette County deputies are accused of beating up a disabled man and later dropping him off at his home without providing him any medical treatment. -
Correction
In a recent article published in The West Virginia Record, “Man loses fumes case against Wal-Mart,” the Record incorrectly reported that attorneys Marvin W. Masters and Christopher L. Brinkley of The Masters Law firm represented plaintiff Dwight Graley, Sr. in a personal injury case before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Furthermore, the Record incorrectly published -
Third civil rights suit against Summers sheriff settled
BECKLEY – The third of three civil rights suits filed against the Summers County sheriff in 2010 has come to a close. -
Suits against Montgomery, former cop settled
CHARLESTON – Civil rights lawsuits two Fayette County women filed against the city of Montgomery and one of its former police officers last year have come to a conclusion. -
Putnam woman files civil suit after police incident
HUNTINGTON – A Putnam County woman is accusing a Hurricane police officer of falsely arresting her. -
Settlement reached in Summers man's civil rights suit
McCrae BECKLEY – Three months after it was filed, a settlement has been reached in a Summers County man's lawsuit alleging he was unlawfully detained, and subjected to racial taunts by a state trooper. -
Judge redirects suit over firearms ordinances to state court
Copenhaver CHARLESTON - A federal judge has referred a lawsuit over municipal firearms ordinances in Charleston, Dunbar and South Charleston to a West Virginia court. -
SEC, Loughry: Motion for injunction should be denied
Loughry CHARLESTON - Both the State Election Commission and state Supreme Court candidate Allen Loughry argue that Charleston attorney Michael Callaghan's recent request for a preliminary injunction in a federal lawsuit over West Virginia's Public Campaign Financing Pilot Program should not be granted. -
Huntington police accused of falsely arresting freelance journalist
Pniewski HUNTINGTON – A Cabell County man, a self-proclaimed investigative journalist, alleges police trumped up charges against him in an effort to squelch his reporting on their activities.
