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Recent News About U.S. Federal Court
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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. -
Haitian immigrants get $60K from civil rights suit
CHARLESTON – Records show an eastern panhandle municipality paid $60,000 to two Haitian immigrants who accused four of its officers of civil rights violations. -
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. -
Grant County releases details of civil rights settlements
PETERSBURG – Grant County officials have disclosed details on a settlement reached last Summer in a civil rights lawsuit brought against two former lawmen. -
Insurance companies sue over fatal accident at music festival
CLARKSBURG – An incident that occurred during the All Good Music Festival in 2011 has four insurance companies involved in a lawsuit for damages. -
Former officer wants repaid for costs of police dog
CHARLESTON – A former police officer is suing the City of Buckhannon after she claims she was not reimbursed for the money and time she spent caring for her police dog during her employment. -
Martinsburg police officer cleared in excessive force lawsuit
MARTINSBURG – A Martinsburg police officer won his motion for summary judgment in the excessive force lawsuit filed against him in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. -
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. -
Other civil rights suit against Morgan deputy still slated for March trial
MARTINSBURG – As one civil rights suit against him begins, another against a Morgan County deputy sheriff may soon come to an end. -
Charles Town false arrest suit filed by Haitian immigrants settled
MARTINSBURG – The lawsuit filed by two Haitian immigrants claiming they were mistakenly arrested by Charles Town police last year has come to a close. -
Morgan woman accuses deputies of false arrest
MARTINSBURG – A Morgan County woman is alleging she was falsely arrested by two sheriff’s deputies when she questioned why her son was issued a traffic citation. -
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 -
Disbarred Barbour attorney pleads guilty to mail fraud
CHARLESTON – On the heels of surrendering her license, a Barbour County attorney has pled guilty to charges she defrauded the state in submitting inflated bills for court-appointed criminal defense work. -
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.
