News from June 2006
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June 7
Powerball winner's daughter named in lawsuit
Jack Whittaker CHARLESTON - A charter jet company is saying Ginger Whittaker Bragg, the daughter of Powerball winner Jack Whittaker, has yet to pay almost $50,000 for four flights she took in the summer of 2005.
Fired Clendenin cop sues mayor
CHARLESTON - A fired Clendenin police officer has changed his focus to why he got fired after first trying to determine if he could be fired.
Former Marshall cheerleader says squad sexually harassed her
CHARLESTON - A former Marshall University cheerleader is suing the squad's coach, the university's Board of Governors and the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission over sexual harassment she says she had to endure while a cheerleader.
Three asbestos cases filed together
CHARLESTON - An attorney with James Humphreys and Associates filed lawsuits last week in Kanawha Circuit Court on behalf of three sets of plaintiffs.
Coal company sued over avalanche
CHARLESTON - A Fayette County man says he was injured by falling rocks while working at a coal mining site.
Goodwin elected chair of WVU's Board of Governors
Goodwin MORGANTOWN -- Stephen P. Goodwin, an attorney with the Charleston law firm of Goodwin & Goodwin, recently was elected chairman of West Virginia University 's Board of Governors.
Deputy sheriffs fighting layoff in Monroe County
UNION - Six Monroe County Sheriff's Department deputies have are fighting a mandatory 10-day layoff imposed on them by the Monroe County Commission and Sheriff Robert V. Mann.
Car salespeople now need a license
Ruth Lemmon CHARLESTON – Everyone who sells cars for West Virginia dealers will need a license to stay in the business.
Issuing a challenge to state businesses
Gov. Joe Manchin CHARLESTON -- The news last week that another $55 million in workers' compensation rate reductions has been approved by the West Virginia Insurance Commission –- bringing the total amount of money put back into our economy this year as a result of our workers' comp reforms to an impressive $130 million -- should be a call to action.
Workers' Comp seminar set for June 29
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce will host an informational seminar on the issue of Workers' Compensation.
Tobacco settlement violates Constitution, federal suit claims
SHREVEPORT, La. – When attorney generals of 46 states signed a settlement of claims against tobacco companies they violated a section of the U. S. Constitution forbidding compacts between states, according to a lawsuit in federal court in Shreveport.
Court says job, not employer, to blame for man's breakdown
CHARLESTON – Reggie Lee Philyaw's job wrecked his mental health but his employer didn't wreck his mental health, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has decided.
U.S. Supreme Court sends case back to state high court
CHARLESTON – The United States Supreme Court on Monday ordered the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to reconsider a 2005 decision that upheld a Morgan County man's conviction on sexual assault charges.
Your Legal Writes: Courting summer associates
Kathryn E. Brown CHARLESTON -- Many of the country's largest law firms are dedicating more of their marketing efforts to associate recruitment than to client development.
Supreme Court annuls lawyer's license
CHARLESTON -- The state Supreme Court has annulled the license of a Morgantown attorney and ordered he pay back more than $2 million he received from the estates of two clients.
Jackson Kelly attorneys, practice areas ranked
Albert Charleston -- Jackson Kelly PLLC has announced that 15 of the firm's attorneys have been named in the prestigious Chambers USA 2006 Guide: America's Leading Business Lawyers.
Musgrave bankruptcy of little concern to special prosecutor
POINT PLEASANT – The special prosecutor appointed to investigate allegations of forgery committed by a Point Pleasant attorney says neither his bankruptcy filing nor his brother's position in state government has any bearing on her investigation.