CHARLESTON – A potential class action lawsuit has been filed in response to about 1,100 Charleston-area customers losing natural gas service over the weekend.
CHARLESTON – A Charleston couple blames West Virginia-American Water for a pipe leak that caused hundreds of thousands of dollars of damage to their home and property.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County school board member has sued West Virginia American Water after his Edgewood home was destroyed by fire earlier this month, blaming the water company for not properly maintaining fire hydrants in his neighborhood.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia-American Water Company is being sued by a Cross Lanes resident alleging that a water main break caused him personal property damages.
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has remanded a case back to Kanawha Circuit Court to redo the class certification order consistent with another recent Supreme Court ruling.
CHARLESTON – A former West Virginia-American Water Company employee says he was a victim of discrimination and wrongful termination after being diagnosed with cancer.
CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee – Because of their work on the water crisis litigation in West Virginia, attorneys at two Charleston law firms now are helping with a lawsuit against a water company in eastern Tennessee.
CHARLESTON — A lawsuit was filed against Apple Inc. and West Virginia-American Water Company alleging a fire caused by a malfunctioning iPad and the negligent maintenance of a fire hydrant caused the total loss of a Kanawha County home.
A West Virginia corporation is suing Melissa Harmon, Shannon Diaz, Paul Marcum, Virgie Edgell, Steve Mahan, the unknown heirs of Jacaqueline C. Mahan, West Virginia-American Water Company and Chuch Zerkel for alleged violation of federal law.
An employee is suing American Water Works Service Company, American Water Works Company Inc., West Virginia-American Water Company and Jeff McIntyre, citing alleged age and disability discrimination.
CHARLESTON – The company that manufactures the chemical leaked into the Elk River in the 2014 spill that left more than 300,000 people without water for days wants a lawsuit by the administrator of the claim plan heard in federal court. Robert L. Johns, in his capacity as GC Plan Administrator and as Spill Claim Plan Administrator for Freedom Industries, filed his lawsuit Jan. 19 in Kanawha Circuit Court. Freedom Industries Inc. also is listed as a plaintiff in the case against Eastman Chemical
CHARLESTON – The administrator of the claim plan for the 2014 spill that left 300,000 people without water for days has filed a lawsuit against the company that manufactures the leaked chemical. Robert L. Johns, in his capacity as GC Plan Administrator and as Spill Claim Plan Administrator for Freedom Industries, filed the lawsuit Jan. 19 in Kanawha Circuit Court. Freedom Industries Inc. also is listed as a plaintiff in the case against Eastman Chemical Company, which is based in Kingsport, Tenn
CHARLESTON – More than 100 people have asked to be excluded from a class action settlement over the 2014 water contamination crisis in West Virginia. Those wishing to opt out or object to the settlement – in which Freedom Industries executives have agreed to pay $400,000 – have until next month to do so.
CHARLESTON – A handful of lawsuits were filed Friday related to 2014’s Elk River Chemical Spill. Saturday, Jan. 9, was the two-year anniversary of the incident that left about 300,000 residents without access to tap water for nine days.
CHARLESTON – A Charleston woman is suing the City of Charleston Sanitary Board after she claims it is responsible for her loss of property value. The City of Charleston, West Virginia-American Water Company, Burges & Niple Inc. and Pipe Plus Inc. were also named as defendants in the suit. Amanda O'Dell purchased property in August and discovered that the hillside south of the retaining wall showed signs of instability or sliding as the result of unstable earth conditions, according to a compla
FAYETTEVILLE – Two Fayette County businesses have filed the first lawsuit related to the Feb. 16 train derailment that sent a fireball into the sky and threatened the water supply.
