U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
Recent News About U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia
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Debt calls results in federal lawsuit
CHARLESTON -– Repeated phone calls from a debt collection agency to a woman's work place prompted her to file suit against the companies responsible for the debt collection attempts. -
Camden-Clark seeks reimbursement from former insurer in Boggs case
PARKERSBURG -– A Wood County hospital is suing its former insurance carrier for failing to defend them against an additional lawsuit stemming from a 2002 wrongful death suit. -
Drug reps claim they were wrongly fired
BLUEFIELD – Five pharmaceutical salespeople claim they lost out on the opportunity to earn more than $100,000 per year when they were terminated after refusing to honor their employer's alleged unethical requests. -
PERSONNEL FILE: Kay Casto & Chaney announce new hires
Hoblitzell CHARLESTON -- Kay Casto & Chaney have announced that John D. "Jack" Hoblitzell, III and Ryan P. Simonton have been hired as associates. -
Winfield attorney sentenced to probation
HUNTINGTON –- Instead of jail, a federal judge has sentenced a Putnam County attorney to probation for his role in concealing assets in a bankruptcy case. -
Parkersburg man alleges unlawful arrest, beating by police
PAKERSBURG -- A Wood County man is suing the City of Parkersburg, and three of its police officers alleging they violated his civil rights following a visit to his home last year. -
Disbarred Mingo attorney indicted for wire fraud
HUNTINGTON -- A disbarred Mingo County attorney has been indicted on fraud charges stemming from his work on court-appointed cases. -
Family says man's organs wrongly harvested
CHARLESTON -- The family of a deceased man claim the Center for Organ Recovery and Education wrongly took their father's and husband's organs, despite their repeated objections to the contrary. -
Lincoln man says debt suit belongs back in circuit court
HUNTINGTON -- A man claims his lawsuit against a debt collector belongs in circuit court because it is not clear how much debt he owes. -
Home Depot wants injured knee case dismissed
CHARLESTON -- A Williamstown man has filed suit against his former employer and a home improvement store, alleging he sustained a hole just below his knee cap after falling from a shelving unit. -
Kanawha man's case against Walmart moved to federal court
CHARLESTON -- A Kanawha County man has filed suit against Walmart after he claims he sustained injuries when he tripped on a metal post near the store's entrance. -
Coyote Ugly sues Parkersburg bar for similar name
PARKERSBURG -- The owner of the bar that formed the basis of the movie "Coyote Ugly" claims a Parkersburg bar threatens to tarnish its image by using a similar name as it. -
Former Beckley law office manager gets two years for identity theft
BECKLEY - Along with prison time, the former manager of a Raleigh County law office was ordered to pay over $12,000 in restitution for fraudulent credit card bills she incurred without her employer's knowledge or permission. -
Motion: Insufficient evidence to sustain Putnam attorney's bankruptcy fraud conviction
HUNTINGTON - Following his conviction for bankruptcy fraud last month, a Putnam County attorney is asking that either his conviction be set aside or he be granted a new trial. -
Judge: No 'catastrophic consequences' from attorney fee ruling
Evans CHARLESTON - A federal judge dismissed as humbug a Charleston attorney's characterization that children with disabilities would be denied access to the courts if his recent ruling regarding attorneys fees in a 2006 civil case was left to stand. -
Putnam EMS also sued for wrongful death in 2003
HUNTINGTON - Prior to one involving a Winfield man, the Putnam County Commission five years ago agreed to settle a wrongful death suit against the EMS squad filed by the estate of a Kentucky man. -
Kanawha school board says attorney committed fraud
Evans CHARLESTON - The Kanawha County Board of Education is accusing a Charleston attorney of committing fraud in pocketing money that should've been paid to a client. -
Putnam attorney convicted for bankruptcy fraud
HUNTINGTON - A Putnam County attorney has been found guilty of committing fraud in a former client's bankruptcy case. -
Raleigh Co. man says he shouldn't have been fired for absences
BECKLEY -- A Raleigh County man claims his former employer should never have terminated him for excessive absences. -
Wyoming Co. woman sues Lowe's after fall in store
BECKLEY -- A Wyoming County woman has filed suit against Lowe's, alleging she was forced to lie on the ground of the store for 30 minutes without assistance after she fell while attempting to retrieve merchandise from behind a large metal ladder.