News from November 2006
Retirement board wants pensions of felons terminated
CHARLESTON - The state's Consolidated Public Retirement Board has filed three lawsuits in Kanawha Circuit Court, claiming that three retirees have violated the terms of their pensions by pleading guilty to felons.
Supreme Court hears attorney theft case
CHARLESTON – Leonard Coleman's partners at Goodwin & Goodwin forgave him when he stole from them, but forgiveness ran out when he stole again.
Court rules partnership, not partners, own property
CHARLESTON – Where a partnership owns property the partners themselves own nothing, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has declared.
McGraw's office says taping citizens in their homes is OK
McGraw CHARLESTON – Attorney General Darrell McGraw wants the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to declare that police can secretly tape citizens in their homes.
Comparing the Constitutions
Constitutions of the United States and West Virginia offer similar protections from unreasonable searches and seizures.
PERSONNEL FILE: Christi Bowles joins Steptoe & Johnson
Bowles MORGANTOWN -- Christi R. Bowles has joined the Labor and Litigation Departments of Steptoe & Johnson practicing in the firm's Morgantown office as an associate.
This Just In: Kanawha County
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CALA taking aim at 'biggest turkeys'
Cohen CHARLESTON - While West Virginia families enjoy their holiday get-together this week, they are being warned to watch out for a band of sick turkeys on the loose.
A private sector lesson for you big government types
Sprouse CHARLESTON -- The prescription drug issue is a perfect example of government spinning its wheels while private sector decisions actually make headway into a serious problem in our society.
More Sago suits filed
CHARLESTON - Just a week after Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King suspended any action on the trio of lawsuits filed in August over the Sago Mine disaster, nine more suits were filed Wednesday by relatives of more of the miners who were killed.
Marathon runner claims he was hit by car
HUNTINGTON - A Kentucky man says he was hit by a car while running in a marathon and is suing the driver as well as the marathon's organizers.
Pennsylvania man says WVU doctor botched his surgery
MORGANTOWN - A Pennsylvania man says a doctor botched his operation, leading to a pancreatic leak that left him permanently disfigured.
State economic forecast: Growth, but slower than national average
CHARLESTON – West Virginia's economy is expected to continue growing over the next five years, but at a slower pace than national economic growth, according to the author of a new forecast of the state's economy.
Kaufman wont reopen Clendenin mayor case
CHARLESTON - Kanawha Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman said Tuesday that he won't take a harder look at a ruling he issued concerning the power of Clendenin Mayor Bob Ore.