News from 2006
Tasteless trolling tale
We're all for free speech here at The Record. But one has to feel for Valley Center Nursing Home in South Charleston, forced to press a defamation charge in Kanawha County Circuit Court last week.
Law firm sued over ads
CHARLESTON - A South Charleston nursing home is accusing a Texas-based law firm of defaming it on a Charleston television station.
House candidate calls for probe of AG's office
Stuart CHARLESTON – The state Legislature needs to investigate the actions of Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office, according to a Charleston attorney who is running for the House of Delegates.
Dead smokers dismissed from class action suit
Recht WHEELING – Ohio Circuit Judge Arthur Recht has dismissed 162 dead cigarette smokers from a statewide class action suit against tobacco companies.
Wal-Mart did not attach tire, suit says
CHARLESTON - A Keyser woman says Wal-Mart did not properly secure a tire on her car, leading to an accident two years ago.
Firm, car dealer reach settlement in class action
Bell CHARLESTON – Charleston attorney Harry Bell settled an $11 million class action suit against auto dealer Wally Thornhill for coupons worth less than $2 million after discovering that complete success would have pushed Thornhill into bankruptcy.
Woman suing Wheeling racetrack
WHEELING - A Marshall County woman says she was fired after taking time off from her job at Wheeling Island Race Track and Gaming Center.
Paver says conditions were too dangerous
CHARLESTON - A Mercer County man says the weather was too inclement while he was forced to help pave a section of The Greenbrier resort, causing his asphalt roller to flip.
Builders want insurance money
MORGANTOWN - The company that was building four condominiums that were lost in a June fire is suing its insurance company for alleging not paying the full amount of its policy.
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Dues denies allegations of fraud, drug use
CHARLESTON – A South Charleston attorney says a Dunbar woman's motion to reopen her malpractice case against him is without merit as well as her allegations he's a user of illegal drugs.
Judges, journalists swap roles at conference
WHEELING – Kanawha Circuit Judge Charles King compared his job to ditch digging as journalists and judges reversed roles at a statewide judicial education conference Oct. 17.
Standalone art for 10/23 issue: Yeager flies into West Virginia
Brig. Gen. Chuck Yeager was in town over the last few days for a variety of public appearances and events. In addition to a dinner Wednesday night to honor him in South Charleston, he was to help dedicate the new Lincoln County High School, to help dedicate a veterans' monument a few miles from his hometown of Hamlin and speak to Yeager Scholars at Marshall University.