News from July 2006
Doctor wants money back from failed Regency Park investment
HUNTINGTON - A Huntington doctor is charging fraud against the partners with whom he helped to create Regency Park Assisted Living Facility.
Lawsuit filed over car wreck
MORGANTOWN - A Morgantown couple has filed a lawsuit over a car accident.
ATLA wants to drop 'trial lawyer' from name
To spiff up its image, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America is considering changing its name to the American Association for Justice.
Woman says maintenance men aided in robbery
CHARLESTON - A Charleston woman says her apartment was broken into by someone pretending to be her.
Couple blames gas company for property damage
CHARLESTON - A Big Creek couple says Cabot Oil and Gas Corp. of Texas is to blame for damage done to their land.
Lawsuit filed in fire death
MOUNDSVILLE - The estate of a man who burned to death during a scrubber operation at a power plant in Moundsville has filed a lawsuit in Marshall Circuit Court against 11 defendants.
State Supreme Court OKs C&O class action trial
CHARLESTON – By a single vote, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on July 12 denied a petition to stop a class action trial over Daewoo autos.
City of Cameron sued
MOUNDSVILLE - A West Virginia-based contractor is suing the City of Cameron for not paying almost $30,000 on a roofing project.
Manchin's Open For Business Report for July
CHARLESTON -- The July 2006 report reflects progress in the state's economic development efforts during the past month, with projects and related announcements that will assist with the creation of as many as 923 new jobs and the preservation of a significant number of existing jobs.
Court sides with Charleston in Blue Jay Way case
CHARLESTON -– Charleston taxpayers moved a mountain in 1999. And according to Kanawha County Circuit Judge Paul Zakaib Jr., they don't have to put it back.
State court opens door to out-of-state lawsuit greed
Steve Cohen CHARLESTON -- No one likes paying taxes, but if you especially don't like paying taxes for things of no value to you, take a good look at the West Virginia Supreme Court's Morris decision handed down last week.
DIRECT EXAMINATION ... of Billie Jo Streyle-Anderson
Streyle-Anderson CHARLESTON -- Billie Jo Streyle-Anderson recently was appointed director of the state Division of Personnel by Gov. Joe Manchin.
Lawyer Advertising Commission has been effective
Elliot Hicks CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Record's editorial in the June 26 edition showed concern that lawyers sometimes run ads that you or your readers consider tasteless or unprofessional.
YOUR LEGAL WRITES: Alumni programs face retirement
CHARLESTON -- Only a handful of professions could be permanently wounded by an employee's decision to leave the company.
PERSONNEL FILE: Carper honored by governor
Kanawha County Commissioner Kent Carper, left, poses with his wife Deborah and Gov. Joe Manchin after Manchin surprised Carper with a Distinguished West Virginian award last week. (Photo courtesy of Carolyn Charnock, Metro 911) CHARLESTON -- It was one of the rare moments when Kent Carper was speechless.
DHHR hit with class action suit
CHARLESTON - A class action lawsuit has been filed against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources over the agency's new policies.
Gabriel Brothers sued
CHARLESTON - A Summersville couple says Gabriel Brothers clothing store is to blame for injuries sustained on a visit there.
Woman blames Golden Corral for slip
Golden Corral at Cross Lanes. CHARLESTON - A Scott Depot couple is suing after a slip and fall at Golden Corral.
Kanawha school board seek reimbursement of library payments
CHARLESTON - After 29 years as an attorney, Jim Withrow is able to laugh at how both sides of an issue can be perceived.
WV CALA unveils its 'Dirty Dozen' list
CHARLESTON - A state legal reform group wants voters to know that legislative candidates on their ballots in this year's general election might be in the pocket of the personal-injury lawsuit industry.