News from March 2006
Ohio firm suing Huntington eatery for bad checks, failure to pay
HUNTINGTON – An Ohio construction company is suing Moe's Southwest Grill claiming the restaurant passed bad checks and failed to the pay for the construction of its Pullman Square location.
State Farm blames two companies for fire
MORGANTOWN -- An insurance company alleges that two Monongalia County construction companies were negligent in extinguishing a fire.
Navy vet-turned-WVU law student stays the course with high court
MORGANTOWN -- Thomas "Thom" Boggs is no stranger to rough seas.
Bank says Cassville woman didn't make house payments
MORGANTOWN -- A bank alleges that a Monongalia County woman failed to make payments on a manufactured home.
West Virginia sees some, not enough, tort reform
By Sean Parnell
WV CALA 'honors' Harron with film editing award
CHARLESTON -- The Academy Awards presentation happens Sunday, but West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse handed out what it called a "Hollywood-style" award Wednesday to a Bridgeport radiologist for his role in what the group says were false diagnoses of thousands of asbestos and silica victims.
South Charleston doctor charged in wrongful death suit
CHARLESTON - The death of a Kanawha County man has resulted in a South Charleston doctor being accused in a wrongful death suit.
Couple fed up with auto insurance company
CHARLESTON - A St. Albans couple is seeking judgment against not only the driver who ran into them, but the insurance company they feel failed to conduct its business properly in the aftermath of a July 2005 wreck.
Man sues former employer over drug test
CHARLESTON - A random drug test and possibly positive result was a breach of contract, according to a McDowell County man who was fired after S.W. Jack Drilling Company found his urine sample to test positive for opiates.
Couple still awaiting $95,000 settlement
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County couple awarded $95,000 in a March 2005 trial say they still haven't seen a cent of it and that the man ordered to pay it is trying to find loopholes around obeying the order.