CHARLESTON – A woman is suing Select Specialty Hospital-Charleston Inc. after she claims her employment was wrongfully terminated. Debbie Dea Basham was hired by the defendant in 2002 and throughout her employment, she performed all her duties in a satisfactory manner, according to a complaint filed Sept. 4 in Kanawha Circuit Court and removed to federal court. Basham claims throughout her employment, she was certified for intermittent leave by the defendant under the Family and Medical Leave
CHARLESTON – Clay County High School students won first place honors at the “We The People” state competition Dec. 15 at the Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse in Charleston. The 12 students in the AP Government and Politics class, taught by Philip Dobbins, will represent West Virginia in the national competition in Washington, D.C., in April 2016.
MARTINSBURG – A mother and child are suing Berkeley Medical Center after they claim it was negligent in failing to hospitalize them. City Hospital Inc. is doing business as Berkeley Medical Center. University Health Care; University Medical Center; Shenandoah Medical Center; Shenandoah Women’s Health; Shenandoah Community Health Center; Shenandoah Midwife Inc.; Shenandoah Valley Medical System Inc.; Dr. Consuela Cruden-Parham; Lisa Wyatt; West Virginia University Hospitals Inc.; and Rebecca Pf
HUNTINGTON – A woman is suing AutoZone Parts Inc. after she claims she was injured on its premises. On Sept. 2, 2013, Mary Jane Goodall was at AutoZone and attempted to enter the store when she tripped on the concrete block stop located in the parking space and fell to the ground, causing severe and permanent eye and head injuries, according to a complaint filed July 10 in Cabell Circuit Court and removed to federal court on Nov. 13. Goodall claims AutoZone failed to maintain the parking lot w
WHEELING – A Brooke County man is suing Ball Corporation after he claims he sustained injuries to his hand during his employment. Ball Metal Food Container LLC; Coil Systems of Illinois Inc.; Littell LLC; Littell Sales & Marketing Inc.; and 1211 Tower Road Inc. were also named as defendants in the suit. Randy Urso was a coil line operator for Ball and worked in its Weirton facility, according to a complaint filed Nov. 16 in the U.S.
WHEELING – A man is suing Blue Ridge Manor Apartments after he claims he suffered a broken hip as a result of a dangerous parking lot. On Feb. 3, Edward Kokosinski was on the defendant’s premises when he violently fell to the ground and was injured, according to a complaint filed Oct. 15 in Brooke Circuit Court and removed to federal court on Nov. 23. Kokosinski sustained serious injuries as a result of the defendant’s actions. The defendant knew or should have known of the condition of the p
PARKERSBURG – The next four trials in C8 litigation have been pushed back, so the second trial would not interfere with the holiday season. The second trial was supposed to begin on Nov. 30, but, as the first trial lasted longer than planned, if the second also lasted as long, it would interfere with the Christmas season. Kathy Brown of Kathy Brown Law said the second trial will now start on March 21.
NEW ORLEANS – Another lawsuit has been filed against one of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice’s companies for failing to pay more than $400,000 in legal fees. Phelps Dunbar LLP is suing James C. Justice Companies Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana alleging JJC owes $409,535.35 in legal fees for services rendered since 2011, according to a complaint filed Dec. 7 in federal court.
CHARLESTON – A lawsuit against Molina Medicaid Solutions for wrongful termination has been removed to federal court. The plaintiff’s amended complaint failed to plead a specific dollar amount in controversy, according to the notice of removal. Lyle Sanders is a West Virginia citizen and Molina is a citizen of California, which makes federal court the correct jurisdiction for the complaint. Sanders began his employment with the defendant in December 2003 and consistently performed his duties i
CHARLESTON – A couple is suing KC Transport after they claim it is operating an unlawful coal trucking route that is a nuisance. Hampden Coal LLC; Blackhawk Mining WV LLC; and Gary Corns were also named as defendants in the suit. Danny Peters and Dreama Peters the defendants unlawfully operated a coal trucking route and a major staging area and maintenance lot for coal trucks immediately adjacent to their home in a residential community, according to a complaint filed Oct. 16 in Logan Circuit
CHARLESTON – The City of Charleston is suing Ohio Valley Spray Foam after it claims its roofing systems are defective. In 2006, Charleston issued a request for proposals regarding the purchase of a polyurethane foam-applied roofing system for the city’s North Charleston Recreation Center and an adjacent building, according to a complaint filed Oct. 9 in Kanawha Circuit Court and removed to federal court on Nov. 23. The city claims the defendant was the winning bidder and the parties entered in
ELKINS – Summit Church and the owners of the property that it uses for Sunday services are suing the Randolph County Development Authority after they claim it is violating the U.S. Constitution by refusing to let the owners sell the property to the church.
CLARKSBURG – Four lawsuits have been filed in federal court regarding injuries and two deaths caused by a collapsed cell tower. SBA Communications Corp.; SBA Towers LLC; SBA Infrastructure LLC; SBA Network Services LLC; FDH Velocitel; FDH Engineering Inc.; FDH Innovation; and FDH Inc. were all named as defendants in the suit. On Feb. 1, 2014, Randall McElhaney, Terry Lee Richard Jr., Jerry Hill and Kyle Kirkpatrick were repairing and removing old structural supports when the Despard Cell Tower
HUNTINGTON – Prime Copy Plus is suing Sentinel Insurance Company after it claims the insurance company breached its contract by denying a claim. Prime is a first-party insured by Sentinel and David Robinson is a named insured under the first-party contract as well, according to a complaint filed in Cabell Circuit Court on Sept. 30 and removed to federal court on Nov. 4. On Aug. 27, 2014, a precipitous amount of rain fell in Huntington during a heavy rainstorm and, as a result of the heavy rain
HUNTINGTON – A lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for injuries sustained in a parking lot has been removed to federal court. The notice of removal states that the plaintiffs and the defendant are citizens of different states and, although the plaintiffs did not specifically please an amount of damages, it is "facially apparent" from the complaint that the plaintiffs seek damages in excess of $75,000, according to the Nov. 9 notice of removal, which was filed in the U.S.
ELKINS – A man and his wife are suing MillerCoors LLC after they claim he was injured as a result of the company's negligence. Joseph Bennefield was an employee for Navajo Express and his employer contracted with MillerCoors to haul a trailer load of beer form the Shenandoah Brewery in Elkton, Va., to Glenwillow, Ohio, according to a complaint filed Oct. 30 in the U.S.
