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PERSONNEL FILE: Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins hires former DEP counsel
CHARLESTON – Lewis Glasser Casey & Rollins PLLC (www.lgcr.com) has hired Joseph L. Jenkins, formerly Senior Counsel for the state Department of Environmental Protection, to expand the law firm’s environmental practice and services. -
Mother says insurer failed to pay accidental death benefits
MARTINSBURG – A woman is suing Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company for allegedly failing to pay accidental death benefits for the death of her daughter. -
Two pharmaceutical companies sue Mylan over patents
CLARKSBURG – Santarus, Inc., and Veloxis Pharmaceutical A/S are suing Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., for allegedly attempting to sell a generic drug they hold patents on. -
MEW Sporting Goods says ATF wrongfully denied firearms license
CLARKSBURG – MEW Sporting Goods, LLC, is suing the Director of Industry Operations of the Louisville Field Division of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives for denying its application for a license as a dealer. -
Siblings sue Petroleum Marketers for mother’s death
BECKLEY – Two siblings are suing Petroleum Marketers, Inc., in federal court after they claim it caused a car accident that ultimately caused their mother’s death. -
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. -
State Police settles false arrest suit for $50K
MARTINSBURG – A Berkeley County man’s four-year old lawsuit against the West Virginia State Police has come to end. -
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. -
Judge says $3 'theft' grounds for termination
CLARKSBURG – A Monongalia County woman has been awarded more than $2,000 in compensation after a judge found her former employer was late in paying her last paycheck. -
EPA moves to dismiss chicken farm lawsuit
CLARKSBURG — The federal government argued in a court filing last week that a lawsuit filed against the Environmental Protection Agency over potential water pollution fines at a West Virginia chicken farm is now moot. -
Shirley the third recent sheriff to admit guilt
CHARLES TOWN – Robert “Bobby” Shirley’s recent guilty plea to civil rights violations is the third time in a year a sheriff has admitted to criminal misconduct. -
Jefferson County sheriff resigns, pleads guilty
CHARLES TOWN – An Eastern Panhandle sheriff has decided to throw in the towel on both his law enforcement career and fight with the federal government and admit he violated a bank robbery suspect’s civil rights. -
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.
