News from 2006
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.
When heart stops, case starts
A pacemaker made by Guidant. CHARLESTON - As far as the law is concerned, those individuals whose pacemakers fail are the lucky ones. At least that's the thought to which Wheeling attorney Barry Hill subscribes.
Disbarred attorney did little to aid clients, records show
MARTINSBURG – If a disbarred attorney did anything good during his nine years in private practice, as one state Supreme Court justice suggested, court records show little evidence of it.
State Chamber policies will improve business climate
Roberts CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce has adopted a package of policy recommendations that, if enacted or implemented, would greatly advance West Virginia's capability to generate business investment and employment growth.
Frugality led to Cingular class action
CHARLESTON – Jim Strawn admits he's a penny pincher.
Consumers for Justice bankruptcy petition in good standing in Charleston
CHARLESTON – In reporting an attorney's error, The West Virginia Record committed an error.
Court to decide if firefighter should lose his job
CHARLESTON – Folks in Huntington cannot decide if firefighter Michael Giannini should lose his job for getting busted near a crack house, so the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals must decide.
Woman falls, sues Kroger
CHARLESTON - A Charleston woman says Kroger grocery store had a duty to protect her from dangerous conditions and is suing it for not doing so.
AT&T hit with 21 lawsuits over air in former office
CHARLESTON - Twenty-one individuals who worked at AT&T's old Charleston office at One Davis Square have filed lawsuits against the company alleging the air quality in the building was harmful.
Lawsuit blames Bon-Ton for overloaded clothes rack
CHARLESTON - In a recently filed lawsuit, a Charleston woman says she was struck by a falling clothes rack and is suing Bon-Ton Department Stores.