News from August 2008
Greear announces statewide leadership team
Dan Greear announces his campaign's leadership team on the steps of the state Capitol. (Photo by Chris Dickerson) CHARLESTON – On the steps of the state Capitol, Republican Attorney General candidate Dan Greear announced his statewide leadership team.
Ohio woman says husband died because of railroad jobs
CHARLESTON - The widow of a man who worked more than 27 years in the railroad industry has filed a suit claiming her husband died from exposure to deadly dusts on the job.
Greear leadership team
Statewide Dan Greear for Attorney General Coalitions and Chairmen include the following:
Charleston attorney sues over missing pants
Jones CHARLESTON - In a case that mirrors a recent national headline-grabbing lawsuit, a Charleston attorney claims a dry cleaner lost clothes he had left to be cleaned.
Inmates aren't 'employees,' so DOC wants Lakin sexual harassment suit tossed
Childs CHARLESTON – The state Division of Corrections is asking a suit naming it as a co-defendant in a sexual harassment case arising out of one its facilities in Mason County be dismissed because the acts that led to it were not done in the course of a normal employee-employer setting.
BB&T, Golden reach agreement on payment of defaulted credit
Golden CHARLESTON – Provided she can make the payments, a Charleston bank has agreed to drop its lawsuit against a South Charleston attorney for defaulting on over $30,000 in credit extended to her.
THEIR VIEW: Marshall cheating scandal resurfaces on Pruett
MORGANTOWN -- As Virginia assistant football Coach Bob Pruett helps prepare the Cavaliers for the upcoming season, he might be looking over his shoulder because ghosts from his past are chasing him.
Defendants want sexism case removed to federal court
HUNTINGTON – The defendants in a sexual harassment and discrimination lawsuit want the case removed to federal court.
THEIR VIEW: McGraw trying to divert attention
WHEELING -- One method traditionally used by politicians to divert attention from their own shortcomings is to sling mud at their opponents. That's just what West Virginia Chief Deputy Attorney General Frances Hughes did last week in Wheeling.
Justices to hear Huntington residency case
CHARLESTON – Huntington Mayor David Felinton will defend his right to fire city employees who don't live in the city when the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals hears oral arguments Sept. 3.
Supreme Court calendar for 9/1 issue
Motion Docket
Man names 42 companies in asbestos suit
CHARLESTON - An asbestos suit has been filed against 42 companies by a man who claims he contracted lung cancer while working for one of the businesses.
PERSONNEL FILE: Hartsog named chair of state Chamber
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS -- Kent Hartsog, group controller with Patriot Coal Corporation, has been elected as the 2008-09 chairman of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce.
CAMC to pay Hamrick $11.5 million soon, Board says
CHARLESTON -- Charleston Area Medical Center's Board of Trustees on Wednesday announced it will pay Dr. Edward Hamrick his $11.5 million settlement by Sept. 5.
Greear calls McGraw practices unethical, illegal
Greear WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS - Hiring private attorneys to represent West Virginia on a contingency fee basis is illegal and unethical, Republican attorney general candidate Dan Greear told state business leaders Wednesday.
Former inmates say supervisor sexually harassed them
CHARLESTON - Two former inmates at a state correctionaL center filed a suit against the Division of Corrections, claiming a supervisor at the center sexually harassed them.
Man blames CAMC for mother's death
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man has filed a medical malpractice suit against a local hospital on behalf of his late mother's estate.
Couple says storage facility sold their stuff
WINFIELD -- Two Kanawha County residents are suing a storage facility claiming the company sold all their belongings without warning.
Poca man wants items take in gas scheme search returned
WINFIELD -- A Putnam County man who police allege took part in a gasoline scheme has sued the City of South Charleston for property he says officers took while performing a search.
Debt wiped away for hundreds
McGraw CHARLESTON - Almost 500 West Virginians will have their debts cancelled as a result of a handful of settlements between Attorney General Darrell McGraw and debt-purchasing companies.