Attorney Thomas Lakin A powerful Illinois plaintiff's attorney, disbarred from practicing law in West Virginia for soliciting clients, is facing more legal troubles in his home state.
CHARLESTON - A coal mining company accused of contaminating groundwater is suing the law firm that has filed a lawsuit against it, claiming those attorneys have done damage to its reputation.
CHARLESTON – Eli Lilly and Company has filed a notice of removal to have a lawsuit filed against it by the state Attorney General's office moved to Federal Court.
James Peterson CHARLESTON - It's hard to put a human face on a number as large as 13,000. Charleston attorney James Peterson has seen a couple of those faces, though. And he's seen the fear in them.
CHARLESTON - Two West Virginians have filed lawsuits against several companies involved in the distribution of body parts that were allegedly obtained illegally by New Jersey-based company.
Jack Whittaker BECKLEY – Two Summers County women accuse Powerball winner Jack Whittaker of assault and battery, groping them, threatening to kill one of their friends and illegally firing a gun.
CHARLESTON - The mother of a gay McDowell County man who died in June is suing the City of Welch and the Welch Police Chief for allegedly refusing her son CPR while he was suffering from a heart attack.
West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw CHARLESTON – Five days before Christmas, West Virginia taxpayers sent Charleston attorneys David Brumfield and William Druckman checks for $208,333.31 each.
Neely Former Supreme Court of Appeals Justice Richard Neely expects a Kanawha County jury to award West Virginia doctors at least $45 million in punitive damages in a class action trial set to begin Jan. 6.