News from October 2006
Courts aren't a cash register
Lawsuits should be used to resolve disputes, not invent them.
A dirty double standard
CHARLESTON -- Remember "Pork Chop" Booth, the contractor awarded millions of taxpayer dollars for equipment maintenance jobs? A high-ranking state schools' official steered the business to his buddy and was subsequently slapped down by a federal court for doing so.
Ads highlight business woes because of legal climate
CHARLESTON – An advertising campaign highlighting the difficulties businesses face because of West Virginia's legal climate has begun.
CLE classes at Marshall
SOUTH CHARLESTON -- Marshall University and Second Creek Technologies sponsored their first Continuing Legal Education class Oct. 4 at MU's South Charleston campus.
Former Sissonville student charged with sexual harassment
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County teenager and her parents are suing a former classmate over alleged sexual harassment that took place at Sissonville High School.
McGraw reaches settlement with PayPal
McGraw CHARLESTON - State Attorney General Darrell McGraw recently reached an agreement with PayPal, Inc., to resolve an investigation into the company's business practices.
Twenty-one sue over rafting accident
CHARLES TOWN - A lawsuit filed by 20 individuals names River Riders, Inc., as being responsible for a whitewater rafting accident that took place Sept. 30, 2004, and seeks more than $4 million.
Milton man claims he suffered on CSX job
HUNTINGTON - A Milton man blames his longtime employer for the pain he says that grew in his neck as a result of excessive hours and inefficient machinery.
Woman says she was injured at hospital
MORGANTOWN - A Monongalia County woman says she slipped and fell on a puddle of water at Monongalia General Hospital.
Protective motion denied for doctor in King case
WINFIELD – A motion request has been denied to protect a doctor who has testified that a few of his patients said they had been solicited to join the parade of lawsuits filed against Dr. John A. King and Putnam General Hospital.
UC again to study idea of a law school
Welch CHARLESTON – Now that its pharmacy school is up and running, the University of Charleston might turn its focus to starting a law school.
Starcher keeping memory of state's first black attorney alive
INSTITUTE – A state Supreme Court justice regaled the local chapter of national civil rights organization of his effort to bring more awareness of the state's first black attorney who had a hand in the organization's creation.
Justices seem skeptical in case of firefighter caught with crack
CHARLESTON – Michael Giannini might as well push a rock uphill as try to win back his job as a Huntington firefighter after getting caught with crack cocaine.
Berger named WVU's alum of the year
Berger CHARLESTON - As a 17-year-old girl fresh out of McDowell County, Irene Berger admits she didn't have the broadest horizons when she first encountered student life at West Virginia University.
Former inmate files suit over anti-cohabitation law
CHARLESTON - A former inmate says the state's rarely enforced anti-cohabitation law is unfair and has filed suit against the state's Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, Division of Corrections and Director of Parole Services Delbert Harrison.
Poca couple blames contractor for host of problems
WINFIELD – A Poca couple blames the owner of a construction company after a host of problems that resulted from contracting him to build an addition to their home.
PERSONNEL FILE: Persinger honored at WVBA annual meeting
HOT SPRINGS, Va. -- The West Virginia Bar Association held its 120th Annual Meeting Sept. 21-23 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va.
Jackson Kelly supports National Summit of Mining Communities
CHARLESTON -- Jackson Kelly recently announced its suport for the first-ever National Summit of Mining Communities (NSMC), which was held Oct. 3-5 in Leadville, Colo., the highest incorporated community in the United States
Four justices to attend opening of Berkeley Judicial Center
MARTINSBURG -- Four of West Virginia's five Supreme Court justices will attend the grand opening Friday of the Berkeley County Judicial Center at 2 p.m. Friday.