News from August 2006
Charleston lawyers all over federal class action cases
CHARLESTON - Attorney James Peterson can be excused for not leading the crusade against alleged organ-snatchers from New Jersey.
Jesus of Bridgeport trial set
This picture of Jesus has been hanging in a hallway at Bridgeport High School for about 40 years. CLARKSBURG - Richard Katskee, like a lot of other people, was told when he was a kid not to make a blow things out of proportion.
Woman falls off lift, sues
HUNTINGTON - A Huntington woman blames the Aged and Disabled Waiver Services Program for her fall while being transported on a lift.
Deck work done shoddily, lawsuit says
MOUNDSVILLE - A Moundsville woman says the man contracted to build her deck did not finish it and will not return her phone calls.
Jefferson men demand payment
CHARLES TOWN - Two Jefferson County men say their employer did not pay them all wages owed.
Paralyzed jockey files another suit
NEW CUMBERLAND - Having just earned a settlement in federal court, a jockey who was paralyzed two years ago at a West Virginia race track is suing the track, claiming it failed to repair soft spots and holes.
Raleigh wrongful death suit settled
BECKLEY - The family of a patient who was beaten to death at Pinecrest Hospital and the hospital have reached a settlement agreement that will be decided upon by Raleigh Circuit Court Judge Robert Burnside.
Walker awards Grand Palace to county
CHARLESTON - The Grand Palace soon will become a grand parking lot.
Search dog looks for fake doctor's office
HUNTINGTON – Few press releases come with a Milk Bone dog biscuit attached.
Woman believes Dues deceived her in settling lawsuit
Jeannettia D. Spencer poses with her son James. DUNBAR – Had she known Ted Dues was on track to becoming the highest paid mental hygiene commissioner in West Virginia, a Dunbar woman says she would not have settled a malpractice suit against him earlier this year.
Colleagues OK with Dues' $100K salary
CHARLESTON – The fact that a colleague made more than $100,000 last fiscal year doesn't seem to bother some of the other Kanawha County mental hygiene commissioners.
Manchin hails State Farm's renewed commitment to state
CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin applauded State Farm Insurance for publicly reaffirming its commitment to the West Virginia insurance market and for discussing the potential that exists for the company's future expansion in the state's resurging insurance market.
PERSONNEL FILE: Eddy joins Martin & Seibert in Charleston
Eddy CHARLESTON -– Dana F. Eddy has joined the Charleston office of Martin & Seibert, L.C.
State Plaintiff's Attorney
Filed under "this controversy just won't go away," ex-Virginia Attorney General Jerry Kilgore is now taking on his former West Virginia counterpart over his use of private lawyers on contingency
Massey sues state Supreme Court
Starcher CHARLESTON – Massey Energy has sued the West Virginia Supreme Court because it doesn't think it can be treated fairly by the Court because of past comments made by Justice Larry Starcher.
WHAT I DID ON MY SUMMER VACATION: A summer of renewal
HUNTINGTON -- Upon entering my first year of law school, a local attorney predicted the progression of my impending legal education. "The first year, they scare you to death," he said. "The second, they work you to death. And the third, they bore you to death."
Agency says MU cheerleader's sexual harassment case not its problem
CHARLESTON - The state's Higher Education Policy Commission received a copy of a former Marshall University cheerleader's complaint that she was sexually harassed.
Construction company sues fraternity, bank, state
MORGANTOWN - A Grafton construction company named three defendants in its lawsuit demanding payment for work done on a house in Morgantown.
Berger has strong sense of family
Berger CHARLESTON – Judges normally keep their emotions out of their work, but a petition for a name change touched the heart of Kanawha County Circuit Judge Irene Berger.
Car wreck suit filed
MORGANTOWN - A Wheeling woman is suing two individuals and 10 John Does over a 2003 automobile accident in Morgantown.