News from December 2006
Defense: Surveillance thwarts felon's frivolous lawsuit
CLARKSBURG - Charleston attorney Jim McQueen admits that he may have become a little long-winded during a recent closing argument that he based on the idea of credibility. Once things started, he says the material just kept coming to him.
West Virginia named nation's worst Judicial Hellhole
WASHINGTON – West Virginia was branded the nation's worst Judicial Hellhole on Wednesday by the American Tort Reform Foundation.
Settlement entered in AEP's sulfur case
CHARLESTON -- On a clear day, it's said a person can see forever.
Avoiding Web fraud topic of next 'The Law Works'
CHARLESTON -– Join "The Law Works" host Dan Ringer and his guest Peter Becker, senior attorney for Microsoft Corporation, in a disussion about the Internet and law.
PERSONNEL FILE: Justin Pasfield joins Steptoe & Johnson
MORGANTOWN -- Justin R. Pasfield has joined the Business Department of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC practicing in the firm's Morgantown office as an associate.
U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear venue case
The United States Supreme Court WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review an appeal of the West Virginia Supreme Court's decision in a venue case that has been monitored closely by business and court watchers.
Whittaker didn't pay for carpet, suit claims
Whittaker WINFIELD – Nearly four years ago, Jack Whittaker won the Powerball jackpot and became $314 million richer.
Starcher attends symposium on civil justice issues
Starcher CHARLESTON - West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Larry V. Starcher attended the first annual Judicial Symposium on Civil Justice Issues at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.
Business' big mouth
State Senators Sam Cann and Brooks McCabe wish our state's private employers would just shut up about West Virginia's woeful business climate. The duo's co-analysis: talking about "bad things" won't help their cause.
AG's office completes $142 million settlement
Attorney General Darrell McGraw CHARLESTON - An assistant attorney general admits that it's hard, even for him, to understand the insurance market.
Putnam man blames DHHR for daughters' abuse
WINFIELD – A Culloden man blames the state Department of Health and Human Resources after his two daughters were sexually assaulted by a son he didn't know he had for 12 years.
Mystery still surrounds cause of crash
HUNTINGTON – Southern Airways quickly settled wrongful death claims from the Marshall University airplane crash of 1970, but the airline could have contested charges that its negligence caused the crash.
Wrongful death rules have changed over time
HUNTINGTON – State law that limited recovery for families of those who died in the Marshall University plane crash of 1970 sounds harsh today, but at one time no court in England or America awarded any damages for wrongful death.
Two eerie stories involving crash victims
HUNTINGTON - Two tales of the fatal football flight send shivers down the spine.
Attorneys recall Marshall crash suits, settlements
Matthew McConaughey, left, and Matthew Fox star as Coach Jack Lengyel and Assistant Coach Red Dawson of the 1971 Marshall University Young Thundering Herd in "We Are Marshall," which premieres this week in Huntington. HUNTINGTON – After 75 people died on a Marshall University football flight in 1970, lawyers rushed to Huntington expecting to strike gold. All they got was a lump of West Virginia coal.
Ski resort sued over trapdoor
CHARLESTON - A Parkersburg woman's personal injury lawsuit against Timberline Resort Realty was recently filed in Kanawha Circuit Court.
Beleaguered investor's wife suing his company
CHARLESTON - The wife of a prominent Charleston investor has sued her husband's company in an apparent move to save her house.
Woman says she was unfairly fired because of depression
HUNTINGTON - A woman claims Wells Fargo Home Mortgage terminated her employment because of the mental impairments from which she suffers and is suing the company.
Insurance company sued over lack of coverage
CHARLESTON - Two Wheeling residents are unhappy with the coverage provided by their insurance company and are suing it.
This Just In: Putnam County
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