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Recent News About U.S. Federal Court
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Ohio woman says she was wrongly fired by Value City
WHEELING - An Ohio woman has filed suit against Value City Furniture, alleging she was wrongfully fired from her job at the store. -
Berkeley woman sues after fall at Wal-Mart
MARTINSBURG – A Berkeley County woman has filed suit against Wal-Mart, claiming she was injured after she tripped over an unfilled pallet. -
Prisoner names McGraw in extradition-related suit
CHARLESTON -- A prisoner in St. Mary's Correctional Center has filed a petition against state Attorney General Darrell McGraw, alleging his Fourth Amendment rights were violated when he was seized and extradited to West Virginia after he fled to North Carolina. -
Tenn. company says man didn't tell of underground tanks, contaminated soil
CHARLESTON -- A Tennessee company has filed suit against a Charleston resident, alleging he failed to disclose underground storage tanks and contaminated soil when he sold it property. -
Jackson man says Alcan fired him for working on a holiday
CHARLESTON - A Jackson County man has filed suit against Alcan Rolled Products and two of its supervisors, alleging he was fired from the company because he showed up to work and truthfully reported his hours to the company. -
Wirt woman says Wal-Mart wrongfully fired her
CHARLESTON -- A Wirt County woman has filed suit against Wal-Mart, alleging she was wrongfully fired after she used her Family and Medical Leave Act multiple times. -
THIS JUST IN: Marshall County
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Huntington company sues Maine company over license agreement
CHARLESTON - A Huntington company has filed a federal suit against a Maine corporation, alleging it lost hundreds of thousands of dollars after the Maine company, which it claims never existed, failed to stick to its end of an agreement. -
Two families say Paxil caused birth defects
Two West Virginia families have filed federal suits against the makers of a popular drug, claiming the medicine caused birth defects in their children. -
Coal company files complaint against non-profits
CHARLESTON - A coal company has filed a federal complaint against three non-profit organizations, asking the court to rule on the validity of a permit it has been issued that would allow it to operate a surface mine. -
Bayer worker says chemical made him depressed
WHEELING -- A Bayer employee and his wife have filed suit against the company and five of its supervisors, alleging he became severely depressed after he was exposed to a dangerous chemical while he was working. -
Botched birth results in federal lawsuit
MARTINSBURG – A Berkeley Springs woman has filed a federal suit on behalf of herself and her son against City Hospital and the United States, claiming her son was born with birth defects after doctors failed to deliver him in time. -
Bell named co-liaison counsel in Digitek cases
Bell CHARLESTON – Charleston attorney Harry Bell has been named to a key position in a national mass tort litigation case. -
Companies, state agencies want Title XIX case dismissed
ELKINS – Two corporations and state agencies have asked a federal court to dismiss a case a woman and her mother filed in August claiming one received substandard mental health care. -
Suit over Mack accident moved to federal court
ELKINS - A suit filed by a truck driver against two companies claiming they were responsible for his injuries after he was involved in an accident has been moved to federal court. -
Name change brings about $300K lawsuit
HUNTINGTON -- A Huntington business sued in 2005 has been named in a new federal suit involving an unpaid judgment. -
Sony sues bar for copyright infringement
MORGANTOWN -- Does being aware of copyright infringement constitute liability? This is the central question in case against a Morgantown restaurant that has found itself in the middle of a copyright infringement case. -
$100K unpaid vegetable bill leads to federal suit
HUNTINGTON -- A Huntington fruit company has been named as a defendant in a breach of contract suit filed in federal court. -
Cabell man files federal suit after parking-garage accident
HUNTINGTON -- A Cabell County resident has filed a federal lawsuit against an Ohio man, alleging he received neck, back and shoulder injures after a rear-end collision in the Pullman Square parking garage. -
Huntington attorney busy with ERISA cases
Underwood CHARLESTON -- A former managing partner of a Charleston accounting firm and a former Kentucky worker are two of about 15 people attorney Mark Underwood has represented in suits this year against insurance companies, alleging they were denied benefits.