News from November 2008
Dentists tricked woman into veneers, suit claims
CHARLESTON – A Clendenin couple has filed suit against a Charleston dental company, two of its dentists and credit agencies, claiming the dentists led a woman into believing she was receiving free veneers when in fact she was signing a credit application to pay for them.
Disbarred attorneys had multiple complaints, records show
CHARLESTON – Should they seek to again practice law in starting in 2013, John E. Lutz and Anthony Tatano will still have to answer to collectively a dozen clients why they failed in their legal duties.
22 federal suits filed over hormone replacement drugs
HUNTINGTON -- At least 22 federal lawsuits were filed over a period of two days against drug company Wyeth in which plaintiffs alleged the company's hormone replacement therapy drugs for menopausal women can cause severe side effects such as cancer and cardiovascular disease.
Former WVU-P professor says he was underpaid $26,000
CHARLESTON – A former West Virginia University professor is asking the court to award him over $25,000 he alleges he was underpaid during his nearly seven years of employment.
Justice remand gravel driveway case back to Cabell judge
CHARLESTON – Cabell Circuit Judge David Pancake peered at a deed and thought he saw an easement to a gravel driveway off a Huntington street.
Kanawha man files age discrmination suit against Wachovia
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man has filed suit against Wachovia, claiming he was demoted from his job as senior vice president/complex manager for the company's Charleston complex because of his age.
Court suspends one, disbars two attorneys
CHARLESTON – The licenses of three attorneys have either been suspended or annulled by recent order of the state Supreme Court.
ALL THINGS JURY: Litigation Hellholes: Is it the juries or the system?
Why are West Virginia and other venues considered "litigation hellholes" by many? Are the underlying reasons primarily a product of local juror attitudes and opinions or more closely tied to the workings of the local legal system?
Tissue samples misdiagnosed leading to cancer fight, suit alleges
PARKERSBURG – A Pleasants County woman has filed suit against a Wood County hospital and a New York physician, alleging they failed to timely diagnosis tissue samples from her scalp as cancerous.
Sears seeks to have circular saw suit dismissed
BLUEFIELD – Sears has requested the federal court drop a complaint a McDowell County man filed against the company after his fingers were lacerated while he was using a circular saw purchased from the store.
Woman sues after injuring ankle at Lowe's
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a national home improvement store after she injured her ankle while shopping at the store.
Putnam woman sues after fall at Tater's
CHARLESTON - A Putnam County woman has filed a suit against a local business after she was injured while a patron at the establishment.
Morgantown spa sues Wisconsin company over name
CLARKSBURG -- A West Virginia company has filed a federal suit against a Wisconsin company with the same name, alleging it lost business after its customers traveled long distances to go to the Wisconsin corporation.
Goodwin calls pre-Thanksgiving Digitek conference
Goodwin CHARLESTON - U.S. District Judge Joseph Goodwin ruined holiday appetites of four leaders in national litigation over heart medicine Digitek, summoning them to chambers a day before Thanksgiving for private conversation about mutiny in their ranks.
Woman says dentist caused more problems
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a local dentist, claiming the dentist negligently performed a dental makeover, causing the woman to suffer severe dental problems.
Tornado woman files suit after dog attacked her, her pet
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a lawsuit against the owner of a dog, claiming she suffered injuries when the dog attacked her and her pet.
Kanawha woman files Digitek suit on late mother's behalf
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit on behalf of her mother, who allegedly died after a reaction to a prescription drug she was given, which was manufactured by Mylan Pharmaceuticals.
W.Va., Indiana companies go to court in parking garage flap
CLARKSBURG – A West Virginia company claims it should receive more than $58,000 from an Indiana company that backed out of a purchase agreement after allegedly discovering it was not able to build a parking garage on nearly one acre of Morgantown land.
THEIR VIEW: Underwood's life a testament to perseverance
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia lost one of its most important and beloved citizens when former Gov. Cecil H. Underwood passed away Monday.
PERSONNEL FILE: Deva Solomon joins Steptoe & Johnson
Solomon MORGANTOWN – Steptoe & Johnson is pleased to welcome Deva Solomon as a new associate in the firm's Morgantown office.