Wood Circuit Court
Recent News About Wood Circuit Court
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Wood wrongful prosecution suit moving forward
Corra PARKERSBURG –- A Wood County businessman may soon be able to put on trial officials who had a hand in wrongfully prosecuting him for crimes related to a 2006 automobile fatality. -
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Dentist sued after patient has post-surgery stroke
PARKERSBURG -– A Jackson County man is alleging a trip to the dentist later led to one to the hospital. -
Pediatrician failed to diagnose infant's hip disorder, suit alleges
PARKERSBURG –- A Wood County couple allege a Parkersburg doctor failed to properly diagnose a potential developmental disability in their son. -
Mobile home park owner challenges Wood flood plain ordinance
PARKERSBURG –- The owner and operator of a Wood County mobile home park are challenging the legality of provisions to the county's flood plain ordinance. -
Filing in Wood wrongful prosecution suit suggests win-at-all costs mentality
PARKERSBURG – A Wood County businessman says the win-at-all costs mentality from the investigation through the appellate stage in the criminal case against him is enough for his lawsuit against two Wood County prosecutors and two Wood County deputy sheriffs to go to trial. -
WVU med school, hospital sued for sending wrong ashes to family
PARKERSBURG –- A teaching moment for staff and students at West Virginia University's medical school is now one for their colleagues and friends at the law school following the med school's alleged failure to properly return the remains of a Wood County's woman to her family for burial. -
Nurse says she was wrongly fired after reporting racial slur
PARKERSRBURG –- A Wood County home-health nurse has filed suit against her former employer alleging she was terminated for reporting a racial slur. -
Suspended Wood attorney files suit to collect on unspecified legal work
PARKERSBURG - Despite records showing no direct involvement, a Wood County attorney wants an Parkersburg nursing home to pay him for legal work he performed in a 2004 wrongful termination case. -
Hayhurst comes up short in other collection suits
PARKERSBURG - Prior to going to prison, Richard Hayhurst met with little success in winning other suits where he thought money was due him. -
Bar warns Hayhurst not to bill for 'unrequested work'
CHARLESTON -- Six months before his suspension, the state Bar had strong words for Richard H. Hayhurst in his handling of a Wood County woman's defense in a contract dispute. -
Former security guard sues over fake robbery at Grand Central Mall
PARKERSBURG -- A former security guard at a Wood County shopping mall is hoping to get the last laugh on former mall employees who made him the subject of realistic prank. -
Dils, associate file breach of contract suits against clients
Dils PARKERSBURG - A Wood County attorney's mantra in not taking no for an answer in helping clients obtain disability benefits also extends to those clients who don't pay for the work she's done. -
Skating rink wants out of lawsuit
PARKERSBURG -- The owners of a skating rink are fighting a Marietta, Ohio, man's attempts to include them as defendants in his lawsuit. -
Parkersburg woman alleges drug counselor forced her into sex
The Wood County Community Corrections Day Report Center in Parkersburg is where Nikki Faye Secoy alleges a former counselor David Jeffrey forced her to have sex with him. (Photo by Lawrence Smith) PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Commission is named as a co-defendant in a lawsuit filed by a Parkersburg woman alleging she was coerced into having sex with her counselor at an alternative sentencing program the Commission operates. -
Wood Co. man says trip to drunk tank resulted in injury
Wilcox PARKERSBURG - The Wood County Commission is named as co-defendant in a slip-and-fall lawsuit by a Washington man who alleges he was injured after falling on an icy walkway at an alcohol recovery facility the Commission operates. -
Pa. company sues Wood Co. attorney over title insurance claims
PARKERSBURG - A Pennsylvania insurance company alleges a Wood County attorney was negligent in issuing title insurance causing them to incur claims over $50,000. -
Wood couple names five doctors in wrongful death of infant daughter
PARKERSBURG - Five Wood County physicians are named in wrongful death suit alleging they failed to properly diagnose an infant's intestinal problems following four days of tests and observations. -
Wood prosecutors, police named in wrongful prosecution suit
PARKERSBURG - A year after he was exonerated by the state Supreme Court, a Wood County man has turned the tables on those whom he says wrongfully accused him of furnishing alcohol to minors. -
Wrongful termination suit against former Wood prosecutor dismissed
RIPLEY - Finding that most of the allegations were based on "speculation and conjecture" a judge has dismissed a wrongful termination suit against the former Wood County prosecutor.