McGraw CHARLESTON -- A legal watchdog group is concerned that state Attorney General Darrell McGraw has again hired campaign contributors to pursue a lawsuit on behalf of the State.
McGraw NEW YORK – Pharmaceuticals maker Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to pay $22.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw over its prescription anti-psychotic Zyprexa.
WHEELING – Robert Peirce's law firm in Pittsburgh bears no liability for a phony X-ray in an asbestos suit against CSX Transportation, a jury in federal court decided on Aug. 14.
Manchin CHARLESTON -- A non-profit legal advocacy group is calling on Gov. Joe Manchin to choose wisely in naming a replacement for Kanawha Circuit Judge Irene Berger, who was nominated to fill a federal court vacancy.
Davis CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis denounced the idea of an intermediate appellate court system for the state as costly and unneccesary.
Heath CHARLESTON – West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse is sponsoring a Continuing Legal Education seminar focusing on current legal developments in the state's civil justice system.
Manchin CHARLESTON – When it came time for Gov. Joe Manchin to appoint someone to the state Supreme Court, he said he never thought the mission would be so easy.
Cohen CHARLESTON -- A state legal reform group has delivered the first bath of online signatures seeking to fix the state's "broken and job-killing lawsuit system" to lawmakers.
Roberts CHARLESTON – An opinion survey of business leaders conducted or the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce shows an overwhelming majority of the respondents believe state government leaders need to enact legal reform to preserve jobs and keep the state's economy stable.
Cohen CHARLESTON -– A legal reform group has started an online petition that seeks signatures from people who want to stop job losses due to the state's "broken" legal system.
CHARLESTON -- Chesapeake Energy Corp. says a huge verdict against it in a Roane County case over natural gas royalties is one of the reasons the energy giant is moving the majority of its Charleston-based jobs to Oklahoma City.
Cohen CHARLESTON -- A statewide legal reform group is praising U.S. District Judge Fredrick Stamp's decision not to dismiss an action against a West Virginia radiologist who was paid close to $10 million by personal injury lawyers as part of a alleged lawsuit mill.
McGraw CHARLESTON -- A statewide legal reform group again is calling on Attorney General Darrell McGraw to give a state agency part of a $10 million lawsuit settlement.
McGraw CHARLESTON -- A statewide legal reform group is criticizing a budget request by Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office to open a satellite office in the Eastern Panhandle.
Benjamin CHARLESTON -- A Washington, D.C.-based court reform group says a new poll shows that average citizens believe elected judges should step aside in cases where one of the litigants was a major campaign supporter.
CHARLESTON – In yet another insult to personal responsibility, personal injury lawyers in Indiana are trying to bring a lawsuit accusing gun manufacturers of causing gun violence, even though the courts have consistently said gun manufacturers are not liable.