News from April 2009
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Couple sues over ATV wreck
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha couple are suing an all-terrain vehicle dealership, claiming the business failed to add-on features that would have made the couple's ATV safer, resulting in an injury.
Ohio firm says it's wrongly on hook for Nitro theater problems
CHARLESTON – An Ohio corporation says it wrongly had to pay more than $150,000 in damages to Nitro's Great Escapes Theaters because of differential settling.
Woman says doctor performed unnecessary spinal tap
CHARLESTON – A local woman claims a physician at St. Francis Hospital performed an unnecessary spinal tap on her, which has caused nerve damage and other injuries.
Proposed settlement reached in Roane insurance case
SPENCER –- Lawyers in a lawsuit against Nationwide Insurance are seeking class members to share in a proposed $75 million settlement with the company.
McGraw's attorneys lose appeal in Eli Lilly case
McGraw NEW YORK -- Attorneys for the State of West Virginia may not depose officials from Eli Lilly & Co. about a $1.4 billion federal plea agreement, a federal judge recently decided.
Lawsuit says Kanawha school board ignored mold problem
CHARLESTON – The mother of an Andrew Jackson Middle School student and a teacher are jointly suing Kanawha school officials over sickness they say is related to mold at the school.
ER doctor sued in child's death
PARKERSBURG - An emergency room physician has been named as a defendant in the wrongful death of a Wood County child.
Mother claims daughter died because of pool heater
CHARLESTON – A Morgantown woman claims a in improperly vented swimming pool heater emitted toxic levels of carbon monoxide and killed her daughter during a sleepover.
Woman sues dentist after she develops mouth cancer
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing Charleston dentist Mark Simpson, claiming he failed to adequately address lesions in her mouth with developed into cancer.
Lawsuit filed against drunk driver who hit man
CHARLESTON – The mother of a man who was seriously injured by a drunk driver while walking on Capitol Street is suing the woman and the bars where she allegedly drank.
Lawyer, wife sue CitiMortgage over payments
WINFIELD – A Hurricane lawyer and his wife are suing CitiMortgage, claiming the company is not allowing the couple to prepay on their mortgage like their contract allows.
April Business for Breakfast focuses on boosting morale during tough times
CHARLESTON -- The April 24 Business for Breakfast event will feature Leslie Stone of Stone Strategies.
Make it a citizen commission
Gov. Joe Manchin wants West Virginia to do more about legal reform. For this we're encouraged.
CSX says it has proven firm was behind asbestos fraud
Williams WHEELING – CSX Transportation pleads in federal court that it has presented plenty of proof for a claim that asbestos lawyers from Pittsburgh pulled a fraud.
Mingo woman says it's against religion to immunize daughter
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing the Mingo County Board of Education, Mingo schools Superintendent Dwight Dials and the state Department of Health and Human Resources, saying the defendants are violating her religious rights by requiring her to get her daughter vaccinated.
Bank blames attorney, firm for loan losses
RIPLEY - A Jackson County bank is alleging an attorney and his law firm are partially responsible for the bank's inability to recoup its losses on two loans totaling almost $500,000.
Following contempt dismissal, Cookman continuing to make restitution
CHARELESTON - As he did recently to avoid contempt charges, a former Hampshire County attorney is hoping that making a good-faith effort to repay former clients from whom he allegedly embezzled money will ease the consequences he's facing on pending criminal charges.
THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County
March 27