HUNTINGTON - A man is suing Andersen Windows Inc. after he claims he was discriminated against based on his disability. David Sepic, an employee of Andersen Windows, was also named as a defendant in the suit. Gary K.
CLARKSBURG – A lawsuit alleging Healthsouth Corporation discriminated against a former employee because of her age was removed to federal court, where the plaintiff filed to voluntarily dismiss the case. Bonnie Shaffer filed her motion for voluntary dismissal in the U.S.
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Justice Department says the owner and former property manager of a Cross Lanes apartment complex has agreed to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit. Perkins Parke Apartments has agreed to pay $120,000 in damages and civil penalties to settle the suit alleging that three former agents sexually harassed and retaliated against female tenants, which is a violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA).
BOSTON – A West Virginia-based law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against Volkswagen over what it calls the deceptive marketing of “clean diesel” engines. The Boston office of Bailey & Glasser LLP filed the action Sept. 24 in federal court in Boston against Volkswagen Group of America. The suit describes Volkswagen’s secret software device allegedly designed to fool emission testers and buyers into believing the cars were “eco-friendly when in fact they spew pollutants more than 40 time
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has filed its own lawsuit against a Putnam County funeral home accused of violating the state’s Preneed Funeral Contracts Act. In the complaint, filed Sept. 18 in Kanawha Circuit Court, Morrisey’s office says Gatens-Harding Funeral Home of Poca and owners Chad and Billie Harding misappropriated money from consumers who were trying to prepay their funeral costs and did not register some preneed funeral contracts with the state
CLARKSBURG – A Preston County country club says a racial harassment and discrimination lawsuit against it should be dismissed. Preston County Country Club filed a motion last week to have a civil lawsuit filed against it by Jason Goines removed to federal court.
HUNTINGTON – Walmart seeks to dismiss a Putnam County woman’s complaint in which she blames the retailer for having her Achilles’ tendon sliced while shopping for back-to-school supplies. Jennifer Bradshaw originally filed her complaint in Putnam Circuit Court, but Walmart filed a motion to have it moved to federal court Sept. 2 in Huntington.
HUNTINGTON – The owners of a Putnam County funeral home deny claims they bilked an insurance company of almost $1 million by claiming more than 100 living people were dead. Gatens-Harding Funeral Home, which is based in Poca, and owners Chad R.
CLARKSBURG – A former West Virginia University School of Pharmacy student has filed a lawsuit in federal court against the school and his former professors, alleging his dismissal from the program last year was racially and religiously motivated. Plaintiff Basil Al-Asbahi filed his lawsuit in the U.S.
CLARKSBURG – Two West Virginia women have filed a proposed class action lawsuit against Lumber Liquidators Inc., alleging that a line of Chinese wood flooring sold by the company emits “excessive” levels of formaldehyde and has cost them thousands of dollars. Plaintiffs Liz Elson and Michelle Lewis filed their lawsuit last month in the U.S.
WHEELING – The parents of a former Wheeling Jesuit University student have filed a federal lawsuit against the two men who allegedly “viciously attacked” their son, resulting in his death, and the two Wheeling bars that allegedly served the men. Thomas and Valerie Figaniak filed the lawsuit on behalf of their son, Kevin Figaniak, who was a 21-year-old student at Wheeling Jesuit in 2013. The Figaniaks filed their lawsuit Aug. 24 in the U.S.
WHEELING – A German pharmaceutical company has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Morgantown-based Mylan Pharmaceuticals. Plaintiff Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. contends that defendant Mylan submitted Abbreviated New Drug Applications, or ANDAs, to the Food and Drug Administration seeking the approval to make and sell generic versions of Boehringer’s Tradjenta and Jentadueto tablets. An ANDA is an application for a U.S.
CHARLESTON – Toys R Us has removed a lawsuit claiming one of its products caused a Kanawha County house fire to federal court, and the company seeks to have the case dismissed. Toys R Us Inc. and Summer Infant Inc. filed to have the case of Travis E.
HUNTINGTON – A Putnam County man claims three Hurricane police officers violated his civil rights in a Wal-mart parking lot. William Stanley filed his federal lawsuit Aug. 19 against the City of Hurricane and Hurricane Police Department officers T.W.
HUNTINGTON – A Putnam County funeral home operator allegedly filed almost $1 million in false insurance claims by claiming more than 100 people were dead, according to a federal lawsuit. Homesteaders Life Company filed its complaint Aug. 19 in U.S. District Court against Gatens-Harding Funeral Home Inc. as well as owners Chad R. Harding and Billie J. Harding. Homesteaders claims the funeral home falsely reported the deaths of 111 people who had signed up for pre-need funeral services a
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal judge, for the most part, denied motions by DuPont asking the court to exclude certain testimony and experts in an ongoing mass tort against the chemical company by Mid-Ohio Valley residents who were exposed to C8 in their drinking water. Judge Edmund A.
HUNTINGTON – A former employee is suing Cabell County Commission in federal court for discrimination and Family and Medical Leave Act violations. Donna L.
BECKLEY - A woman is suing Great Lakes Educational Loan Services Inc. after she claims it violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act. Autumn Iannamorelli claims Great Lakes has engaged in repeated violations of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act, according to a complaint originally filed in Raleigh Circuit Court and removed to federal court on July 29. Iannamorelli claims Great Lakes attempted to collect debt by coercion, in violation of West Virginia code
WHEELING - A woman is suing Verizon Wireless after she claims it violated the West Virginia Wage Payment and Collection Act. Ashley Stender was employed by Verizon and worked for the defendant until her employment was terminated on Oct. 1, according to a complaint originally filed in Ohio Circuit Court and removed to federal court. Stender claims the defendant did not pay all owed wages to her until Oct. 17 and Oct. 31.
