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Recent News About West Virginia Department of Transportation

• Boone woman sues after falling on carpet at DMV

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, Feb 1, 2008 @ 1:35am

  CHARLESTON - A Boone County woman has filed a personal injury lawsuit against the Division of Motor Vehicles, claiming she was injured after she fell over loose carpet at the office.

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• This Just In: Kanawha County

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, Feb 1, 2008 @ 1:30am

  Jan. 8

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• Recreational Trails Program a great resource for state

  By The West Virginia Record | Thursday, Jan 3, 2008 @ 1:48am

  Manchin CHARLESTON -- Last month, I joined representatives from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the West Virginia Department of Transportation to award more than $990,000 in Recreational Trail Program grant awards to 22 projects across our state.

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• This Just In: Kanawha County

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, Sep 14, 2007 @ 2:30am

  Aug. 30

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• This Just In: Berkeley County

  By Beth Henry | Friday, Jul 27, 2007 @ 2:20am

  July 3

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• This Just In: Ohio County

  By Brandon Smith | Friday, Jul 13, 2007 @ 2:20am

  June 11

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• N.J. woman sues after rest area attack

  By Cara Bailey | Friday, Feb 9, 2007 @ 2:50am

  MARTINSBURG - A New Jersey woman says she was attacked and nearly raped by a rest area maintenance worker near Martinsburg.

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• This just in: Berkeley County

  By Beth Henry | Friday, Feb 9, 2007 @ 1:15am

  Jan. 26

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• Judges must explain prying, Justices rule

  By Steve Korris | Thursday, Jan 4, 2007 @ 2:24am

  Benjamin CHARLESTON – Land owners in highway condemnations can pry into appraisals of their neighbors in exceptional circumstances. But according to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, judges who allow the prying must explain the circumstances.

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• Government agency sued over car accident

  By John O'Brien | Thursday, Dec 14, 2006 @ 2:55am

  CHARLESTON - A recently filed lawsuit alleges that a highway worker rammed a fellow motorist into a retaining wall while trying to pull a U-turn.

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• Dept. of Transportation sued over injury by worker

  By John O'Brien | Thursday, Dec 7, 2006 @ 7:45am

  CHARLESTON - A Lincoln County man is suing three entities because he says he was hit in the leg by a drill rig while at work.

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• CATCHING UP: Boy gets $40K settlement

  By John O'Brien | Wednesday, Nov 1, 2006 @ 8:30am

  CHARLESTON - At any given time, the Kanawha County Board of Education is dealing with 30-40 lawsuits filed against it.

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• Women suing Dept. of Transportation over harrassment

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Oct 13, 2006 @ 2:45am

  CHARLESTON - Two sexual harassment cases were recently brought against the West Virginia Department of Transportation stemming from the alleged misconduct of two of its employees, one of which is alleged to have e-mailed bestiality photographs to a fellow employee.

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• This Just In: Kanawha County

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Oct 13, 2006 @ 2:30am

  Oct. 2

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• This just in: Kanawha County

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Jul 28, 2006 @ 2:30am

  July 17

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• Department of Transportation caused wreck, lawsuit says

  By John O'Brien | Thursday, Jul 27, 2006 @ 3:18am

  CHARLESTON - The passenger in a car that was allegedly run off the road because of a West Virginia Department of Transportation truck has filed a lawsuit against the agency.

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• This just in: Kanawha County

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Jun 2, 2006 @ 2:30am

  May 19

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• Dept. of Highways not sure how to respond to coal group

  By John O'Brien | Monday, May 1, 2006 @ 8:55am

  CHARLESTON - Hit with a 38-page complaint, West Virginia Department of Highways Legal Director Anthony Halkias has more than a few questions concerning a pending case in Kanawha Circuit Court.

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• Charleston attorney ready to take on Legislature

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Mar 3, 2006 @ 1:35am

  John Skaggs CHARLESTON - When asked why he thinks the state legislature has given coal companies preferential treatment, attorney John Skaggs, a man undertaking the most complex of cases, gives the simplest of answers.

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• This just in: Kanawha County

  By John O'Brien | Friday, Mar 3, 2006 @ 1:30am

  Jan. 31

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