News from August 2007
Orthopedic surgery residency training program approved at Marshall
Marshall University President Stephen J. Kopp shakes hands with Dr. Ali Oliashirazi, chair of Marshall's Department of Orthopaedics, at Wednesday's announcement. (Photo by Rick Haye, Marshall University) CHARLESTON -– Marshall University has become one of just two United States schools since 1995 to have a first-time orthopedic surgery residency training program approved, West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin announced Wednesday.
Davis lectures Starcher in insurance opinion
Davis CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis lectured Justice Larry Starcher so firmly over a dissent that he probably can count it as credit for continuing education.
Supreme Court to hear appeal of Ruby Memorial case
CHARLESTON -- A woman's appeal of a Monongalia Circuit Court decision that stripped her of $9 million of a $10 million verdict against a Morgantown hospital.
Cabell man says Sears fired him over workers' comp claim
HUNTINGTON - A Cabell County man has filed a suit against Sears claiming he was fired as a result of workers' compensation he received.
Sears, employee sued over vehicle accident
CHARLESTON - A Sears employee is bring sued by a woman who claims he was intoxicated while working and hit her with his vehicle.
Woman's survivors sue another woman given power of attorney
WELLSBURG - The husband and daughter of a Brooke County woman who died from lung and brain cancer have filed a suit against the woman who was named as power of attorney for their relative.
Blankenship sues Democratic Party for defamation
CHARLESTON - Massey Energy President Don Blankenship says the state Democratic Party defamed him twisting a comment he made about two high-profile 2006 mine accidents in the state.
McDonald's sued again, this time over bandage in biscuit
CHARLESTON - For the second time in less than a month, McDonald's is being sued by a West Virginia resident because of a problem with food.
Retired union members filed class action over health benefits
CHARLESTON - A class-action lawsuit has been filed against the United Steel Workers of America by a group of retired workers who are seeking to have their health benefits covered.
Woman says oxygen during surgery burnt her face, lungs
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a malpractice suit after she suffered burns when the oxygen she was given during a surgery ignited, burning her face and lungs.
Dunbar mayor seeks outster of city council member
CHARLESTON - The mayor of Dunbar has filed a petition, seeking to have one of the city council members removed because she is a member of a state agency that provides grants and loans.
Wayne attorney sued by neighbor over roofing problems
WAYNE - A Wayne County man has filed a suit against a Wayne attorney claiming roofers working on the attorney's building damaged his adjacent roof.
Wayne woman sues power company, contractor over husband's electrocution death
WAYNE - A Wayne County woman has filed a suit against a power company after her husband was electrocuted while working on a power pole.
PERSONNEL FILE: Shingleton named to inaugural LEAP class
Shingleton CHARLESTON -- Lorena A. Shingleton, ACP, a paralegal in Steptoe & Johnson's Charleston office and a member of the National Association of Legal Assistants (NALA), has been named to the inaugural class of 15 paralegals from throughout the nation to participate in NALA's new Leadership Enhancement and Preparation (LEAP) program.
Texas couple files asbestos suit in Charleston
CHARLESTON - A Texas couple that formerly lived in West Virginia filed an asbestos lawsuit against 39 companies.
Benjamin says fellow Justices wrongly stretched statute
Benjamin CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin has accused his colleagues of rewriting law to stretch the statute of limitations for a plaintiff who suffered temporary insanity.
Two DHHR employees claim harassment suits led to suspension
CHARLESTON - Two former employees of the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources have filed suits against the department, claiming their funds were withheld after filing sexual harassment suits against other DHHR employees.
McGraw: Don't believe recent Record story
McGraw CHARLESTON - A recent West Virginia Record story was full of untrue allegations and is false, state Attorney General Darrell McGraw claimed Friday.
District judges reverse reprimand against attorneys over copying notes
RICHMOND, Va. – U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp should not have reprimanded attorneys Alan Thomas and John Southerland of Charleston, the U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Aug. 7.
Other justices dishonored Recht, Benjamin says
Benjamin CHARLESTON – Four Justices of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals dishonored former Justice Arthur Recht when they ordered him to hold a new trial, in the view of dissenting Justice Brent Benjamin.