News from May 2006
LaCagnin to serve as Morgantown Chamber's Chairman of the Board
LaCagnin Stephen LaCagnin, administrative manager and head of the litigation department of the Morgantown office of Jackson Kelly PLLC, recently was elected Chairman of the Morgantown Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors.
Suspended Wayne magistrate given disability retirement
Tommy Toler CHARLESTON – Suspended Wayne County Magistrate Tommy Toler has been granted disability retirement benefits by the state Consolidated Public Retirement Board.
Supreme Court calendar: Week of June 5-9
West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals chambers
Woman says ID theft led to arrest
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman says her personal information was stolen by a nurse at St. Francis Hospital who used it to identify herself to the police.
Man sues Charleston police over alleged beating
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man is suing the City of Charleston and the two city police officers he claims beat him while he was suffering from diabetic shock.
Cancer cost man his job, suit alleges
CHARLESTON - A Charleston man says he was fired from his job because he has cancer.
Dismissal of attorney bankruptcy could give green light to suit filed by doctor
Danny Westmoreland POINT PLEASANT – A Mason County doctor who alleges his attorney forged his signature on a 2004 settlement check, may receive his day in court if the attorney's current bankruptcy case is dismissed.
Musgrave also filed for bankruptcy in 1987
POINT PLEASANT – A Point Pleasant attorney's bankruptcy filing is not the first time he's been in financial trouble.
Tucker's claim against Kanawha County settled
CHARLESTON – The case of a former employee in the Kanawha County prosecutor's office has been settled after she claimed the county commission denied her claim for unpaid back wages and annual leave.
Charleston attorney sues Kanawha school board
CHARLESTON - A Charleston attorney is suing the Kanawha County Board of Education for not complying with his request for insurance information.
Charleston sued over sewer problem
CHARLESTON - The estate of a woman who says sewage flooded her basement is suing the City of Charleston and the Sanitation Board.
51 defendants named in asbestos suit
CHARLESTON - A couple named 51 defendants in a recently filed asbestos lawsuit.
Couple sues Nationwide for not settling
MOUNDSVILLE - A Marshall County couple is suing Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. for prolonging the settling of a separate claim against it.
Governor among defendants in Turnpike wreck suit
Gov. Joe Manchin CHARLESTON - A Minnesota man involved in a wreck on the West Virginia Turnpike in Kanawha County is suing Gov. Joe Manchin and the Department of Transportation secretary.
Couple sues for sewer backup in their basement
WINFIELD – A Hurricane couple blames the Putnam County Commission and the South Putnam Service District for raw sewage that flooded the basement of their home.
Putnam man sues over fall at polling place
WINFIELD – A Scott Depot man blames the Putnam County Commission, the county school board and the county clerk for a fall he took after voting.
Milberg Weiss & McGraw
The federal indictment of New York City-based law firm Milberg Weiss on charges it extorted money out of large corporations by paying faux plaintiffs to help it manufacture class action lawsuits should serve as a stern warning to state governments everywhere.
Firm has fans in West Virginia, too
CHARLESTON -- Not everyone in West Virginia has bad things to say about Milberg Weiss.
Critics go after Milberg Weiss
CHARLESTON – Criticism of a just-indicted high-profile law firm and its ties to West Virginia continue.