News from September 2007
Dan O'Hanlon named 'Judge of the Year'
Judge O'Hanlon
Photo courtesy of Huntington Herald-Dispatch CHARLESTON – Judge Dan O'Hanlon, chief judge of the Cabell County Circuit Court, was named Judge of the Year by the West Virginia Association for Justice.
Lawsuit claims correctional officer raped prisoner
CHARLESTON - A Princeton woman has filed a suit on behalf of her daughter who claims an officer raped her while she was a prisoner at the Anthony Correctional Center.
Chief Justice Davis to read to Boone County students
Davis ASHFORD -- Chief Justice Robin Jean Davis is scheduled to read aloud to fourth-grade, fifth-grade, and sixth-grade students at Ashford-Rumble Elementary School in Ashford, Boone County, at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Beckley sues state over wage law
CHARLESTON - The City of Beckley is seeking declaratory judgment against the West Virginia Division of Labor, according to a suit filed by attorney Ricklin Brown on Aug. 30 in Kanawha Circuit Court.
Steptoe & Johnson's expansion happening 'naturally'
CLARKSBURG – One of the state's largest law firms just keeps growing.
supco calendar for 9-24
Argument Docket
Hospital allowed TB exposure; 10 people file suit
CHARLESTON - Ten suits have been filed against a Beckley-area hospital after the plaintiffs all tested positive for tuberculosis because of faulty airflow from the tuberculosis wing of the hospital.
Renter claims he was evicted without court order
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man is suing Vista View Apartments after he was evicted without a federally required court order, and denied a smaller unit because on his background check.
Nickel plant worker hurt by intoxicated crane operator, suit claims
Special Metals plant HUNTINGTON - A Cabell County man who suffered serious injuries after his co-worker drove a crane while intoxicated and without glasses filed suit against his employer Special Metals Corp. in Cabell Circuit Court.
Huntington sued over defective sidewalk
HUNTINGTON - A Cabell County man has filed suit against the city of Huntington for falling on a sidewalk after leaving a fast food restaurant.
CALA starts radio campaign against McGraw's OxyContin settlement
Cohen CHARLESTON - Radio stations across the state on Monday began airing advertisements purchased by the state's legal watchdog group that criticize Attorney General Darrell McGraw's spending of the 2004 OxyContin settlement.
State notifies federal agency of intent to appeal in McGraw controversy
McGraw CHARLESTON - There are seven reasons the federal government is overmatched in its $4.1 million dispute with the State of West Virginia, the state's Department of Health and Human Resources recently said.
Teays Valley attorney cited before for not following through on med mal cases
Attorney Frank Armada's office in Teays Valley. CHARLESTON – A Leon woman is not the only person who has issues with the way her attorney kept her informed about the status of her medical malpractice case.
PERSONNEL FILE: 51 Jackson Kelly lawyers listed in Best Lawyers In America
CHARLESTON -- Fifty-one Jackson Kelly lawyers, representing a cross-section of the firm's practice groups and offices, were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2008 edition of Woodward & White's The Best Lawyers in America.
Boone woman sues after fall at Kanawha Mall DMV office
CHARLESTON - A Boone County woman has filed a suit against the Department of Transportation after she fell in a Division of Motor Vehicles office in Kanawha City.
Raise the Bar
It may be hard to believe as much from the antics you read about regularly on these pages, but everybody doesn't have what it takes to be a lawyer in West Virginia.
Former VP says Salem retaliated, calls school a diploma mill
CLARKSBURG – Former Salem International University vice president Debra Mertz claims her employers retaliated against her because she refused to help them run the school as a diploma mill.
Sides gear up for future showdown on MPLA challenge
Westmoreland CHARLESTON – A legal grudge match pitting two doctors against each other may hold as much at stake over the future of medical malpractice cases as last week's Friends of Coal Bowl had for bragging rights as to who would be the state's No. 1 football team.
Once dormant malpractice case against Vaidya gets moving
Vaidya POINT PLESANT – In addition to the case now on appeal before the state Supreme Court, a Point Pleasant urologist is defending himself against in a second malpractice suit, one which has been dormant for seven years.
Woman says pediatric office to blame for son's loss of hearing
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a medical malpractice suit against a pediatrician's office because of the time it took to diagnose her infant son, who ultimately lost his hearing because of his illness.