News from April 2007
Triathlete blames sponsor for foot injury
MORGANTOWN - A Monongalia County woman says a triathlon sponsor is responsible for her foot being cut while getting in the water for the swimming portion of the race.
Woman blames doctor, facility for having one shorter leg
CHARLES TOWN - A Jefferson County woman has filed a medical malpractice suit against a doctor after her hip replacement surgery caused one leg to be longer than the other.
State Police sued over 2004 Monongalia County wreck
MORGANTOWN - The West Virginia State Police Department is being sued for a collision a State Trooper caused with two Pennsylvania men.
Man blames Motorola for exploding cell phone
MORGANTOWN - A Monongalia County man seeks $75,000 from Motorola after his cell phone exploded in his hand.
Woman sues after she was hit by truck while crossing street
MORGANTOWN - A Monongalia County woman is being sued after she hit a Morgantown woman with her truck.
See no evil
For a second year running, West Virginia finished dead last in an annual business survey of state legal climates.
Texas attorney says sister of The Record isn't a real newspaper
Coon BEAUMONT, Texas -- Southeast Texas Record editor Marilyn Tennissen and reporter David Yates are not journalists and The Record is not a newspaper, Beaumont attorney Brent Coon said at an April 25 hearing before Jefferson County District Judge Donald Floyd.
CALA targets McGraw in new ads
McGraw CHARLESTON -- Reforming the way Attorney General Darrell McGraw hires outside counsel to file lawsuits on behalf of West Virginia is the message in a new ad campaign which began last week.
Clay County man has contempt charges reversed by Supreme Court
CHARLESTON - Without an attorney, Thomas Auxier of Indore convinced the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals that Clay Circuit Court Judge Jack Alsop should not have held him in contempt.
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McGraw targeted because he is successful
Hughes CHARLESTON -- We believe the West Virginia Attorney General's office has been targeted by the American Tort Reform Association because General Darrell McGraw is one of the most successful Attorneys General in the country at holding members of the American Tort Reform Association accountable for violations of the law. No good deed goes unpunished.
Mercer couple awarded $5.3 million in doctor molestation case
PRINCETON - A Mercer County couple was awarded more than $5.3 million after the woman claimed her doctor molested her.
Students participate in mock trial
CHARLESTON - Several Kanawha County high school students from had the opportunity to prosecute and defend an alleged murderer in Kanawha County Court.
State is low when it comes to high-tech
Kercheval MORGANTOWN -- When it comes to high-tech jobs, West Virginia is on the low end.
ATRA notes similarities between ILR survey and its report
CHARLESTON – A national tort reform group commended the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's survey on legal climates, noting the similarities to its own report issued in December.