CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has rejected a new trial for former Monongalia County Delegate Clyde Richey, who was convicted of third-degree sexual assault nearly 40 years ago.
PITTSBURGH – A judge has denied a motion for protective order in a lawsuit involving University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and West Virginia University Hospitals.
MARTINSBURG – A woman is suing West Virginia University Hospitals-East Inc. after she claims it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act. West Virginia University Hospitals-East Inc. is doing business as WV University Healthcare.
MORGANTOWN – Thomas A. Heywood, a Charleston attorney and civic leader, was one of two individuals named to the West Virginia University Board of Governors by Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin.
MORGANTOWN – A Marion, Penn., couple is suing West Virginia University Board of Governors after they claim it is responsible for injuries caused from a medical procedure.
MARTINSBURG – A woman is suing Berkeley Medical Center on behalf of her minor son after she claims her son suffered birth injuries due to the medical center’s negligence.
MARTINSBURG – A woman has filed two nearly identical lawsuits against Berkeley Medical Center alleging they were negligent with her infant daughter’s care after her birth.
MARTINSBURG – District Judge Gina Groh has denied a motion to dismiss in a lawsuit involving Berkeley Medical Center and alleged malpractice during the birth of a child.
MORGANTOWN – A man is suing Genesis Youth Crisis Center after he claims his appendix burst and he was in severe pain. The West Virginia University Board of Governors was also named as a defendant in the suit. Tommy J. Eddy III was placed at Genesis on Dec. 6, 2011, as a juvenile and on Jan. 12, 2012, he became very ill with severe abdominal pain and vomiting, according to a complaint filed Feb. 23 in Monongalia Circuit Court.
MORGANTOWN – A woman and her husband are suing West Virginia University Hospitals after they claim it is responsible for injuries she sustained while she was a patient at one of its hospitals.
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
BRIDGEPORT – Steptoe & Johnson has named Mark D. Combs its Chief Information Officer. Combs will oversee all of the firm’s information technology functions and lead a personnel team supporting more than 325 attorneys in 14 offices.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County couple is suing Blue Flame Pipeline after they claim it caused life-altering injuries. In April 2013, George Stewart became employed as a non-supervisory employee of Blue Flame as a Class A truck driver, hauling water pipe to a gas pipeline near Buck Run, according to a complaint filed in Kanawha Circuit Court. Stewart claims on Sept. 24, 2013, he was operating a tractor trailer owned by Blue Flame and was on his way down the access road when he noticed there was