News from April 2009
Hospital worker says she was fired for disability, refusal to work for free
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing a Charleston hospital and two employees, saying she was fired via a shady drug test she claims she was given because she refused to falsify time records and because she has a disability.
Witnesses at mental health hearing say state needs more community services
CHARLESTON -- More than a dozen people testified during two days of an evidentiary hearing into problems in West Virginia's mental health system, but most of them on both sides of the case expressed one recurring theme: The state needs to restore the types of community-based mental health services it once had.
Couple says state, woman illegally took child support
CHARLESTON – A couple says the state and federal government is continuing to take child support payments from them even after the female half of the couple regained custody of her child.
THEIR VIEW: Is her name Judge Rip Van Bailey-Walker?
CHARLESTON -- Is it possible that Judge Jennifer Bailey Walker just awoke from a long slumber? Oh, say for at least four months?
New Jersey residents sue man over I-81 crash
MARTINSBURG – Five New Jersey residents are suing an Inwood man, whom they say rear-ended them along Interstate 81.
THEIR VIEW: Staying aggressive to improve West Virginia
CHARLESTON -- This past regular session, I put forward a progressive legislative agenda that put West Virginia families, job creation and education first.
Magazine publisher says it was overcharged $200K
HUNTINGTON – A West Virginia magazine publisher is suing a Georgia printing company and two of its employees, alleging it was overcharged more than $200,000 for printing.
Sierra Club expects state electric rates to skyrocket
CHARLESTON – West Virginians will pay the highest electric rates in the nation if Congress enacts a carbon tax and West Virginia doesn't diversify its power supply, Sierra Club lawyer William DePaulo told the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Canterbury reappointed to CSG Justice Center board
Canterbury CHARLESTON -- A state official has been reappointed to the board of directors of a national state government council's Justice Center.
Judge Aboulhosn to act as auctioneer at Mercer school
Aboulhosn ROCK -– Mercer Circuit Judge Omar Aboulhosn will act as an auctioneer at a spring reward auction in a sixth-grade class at Montcalm Elementary School in Rock on May 4.
Black and Decker among defendants in lost hand suit
HUNTINGTON – A mother and her son have filed suit against Black and Decker, Delta Machinery Corporation, Woodworker's Supply and Pentair, alleging defective machinery caused the son's right hand to be cut off.
Hurricane man says officers cuffed him too tightly
HUNTINGTON – A Hurricane man claims police placed handcuffs too tightly around his wrists, causing him to sustain nerve damage.
Woman sues hospital over police officer husband's arrest
CHARLESTON – An unidentified woman is suing Thomas Health System, saying health care workers at St. Francis hospital breached confidentiality and caused the arrest of her police officer husband on a domestic battery charge.
Lawsuit filed over closure of popular Charleston eatery
CHARLESTON – The former owner of a popular eatery on Capitol Street is suing over the business's closure earlier this year.
Man sues Charleston councilman over loan
CHARLESTON – A man is suing the Rev. James D. Ealy, a Charleston city councilman, claiming Ealy owes him $16,000 of a loan.
Putnam woman sues over husband's death
CHARLESTON – A Putnam County woman is suing a fuel company and an employee charged with safety supervision after her husband died at work.
Carney, Jarvis sue State Police
Carney CHARLESTON – Two women who were convicted of obstructing a Mingo County murder investigation only to have the conviction overturned later by the state Supreme Court are now suing the West Virginia State Police and three individual troopers.
Judge sides with officer in brutality case
HUNTINGTON – A federal judge has tossed a Huntington preacher's lawsuit against a city police officer that charged the officer with brutality.
State Bar's Web site hacked
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia State Bar said Tuesday its Web site was hacked during an upgrade.
Segal wants judge off case because of religion
Segal CHARLESTON – Prominent Charleston lawyer Scott Segal wants a circuit judge disqualified from hearing a lawsuit brought against him by a man who says a conspiracy based on faith has kept him from practicing law in West Virginia.