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News from April 2009


Pay to play in PA not OK

By The West Virginia Record |
In Pennsylvania, they're calling it "pay to play." But here in West Virginia, when trial lawyers donate to politicians before getting no-bid contingency contracts worth millions, it's just business as usual.

Harron won't testify about X-ray reads, CSX claims

By Steve Korris |
Harron WHEELING – Radiologist Ray Harron refuses to testify about X-rays he read twice with different results, according to railroad company CSX Transportation.

Hershey says landscaper needs to stop using Reese's name, logo

By Kelly Holleran |
MARTINSBURG – Hershey has filed suit against a Ranson landscaping company, alleging it attempted to capitalize on the name of Hershey's candy products by using a similar name and logo.

Business4Breakfast comes to Huntington

By The West Virginia Record |
HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has partnered with The State Journal, SCORE, and the Small Business Association to present the first series of Business4Breakfast events to be held in Huntington.

THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

By Justin Anderson |
April 3

THIS JUST IN: Cabell County

By Drew Smith |
April 7

THIS JUST IN: Wood County

By Lawrence Smith |
April 6

THIS JUST IN: Putnam County

By Chris Dickerson |
April 9

THIS JUST IN: Jackson County

By Lawrence Smith |
April 7

THIS JUST IN: Monongalia County

By Donna Kisner |
April 9, 2009

THIS JUST IN: Ohio County

By Denise Simpson |
April 1

THIS JUST IN: Boone County

By Harmon Marks |
March 23

Berkeley judge planning SC run

By John O'Brien |
Yoder MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - The West Virginia Supreme Court race of 2010 has its first candidate, a circuit judge from the Eastern Panhandle.

Judge approves Aracoma plea

By Justin Anderson |
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has approved a plea in a government case against a coal company in the deaths of two miners.

ConAgra wants peanut butter case in federal court

By Kelly Holleran |
CLARKSBURG – A peanut butter manufacturer that is defending itself in multiple lawsuits across the country after a salmonella outbreak has asked the federal court for West Virginia's northern district to keep a complaint within its jurisdiction.

Couple sues law firm, others over collection calls

By Kelly Holleran |
MARTINSBURG -- A Berkeley County couple is suing a Pennsylvania law firm, two of its employees and a Florida company over alleged illegal phone calls the law firm made to the couple's house in an attempt to collect a debt from them.

Man claims job led to asthma

By Justin Anderson |
HUNTINGTON – A Huntington man is suing his former employer and the makers of industrial lubricants and fluids, claiming the vaporized substances used in his job left him with asthma.

Correctional officer says discrimination started after run-in with warden's wife

By Justin Anderson |
CHARLESTON – A correctional officer at Mt. Olive Correctional Center says that after a run-in with the warden's wife, he's been discriminated against.

Heath to take helm of WV CALA

By Chris Dickerson |
Heath CHARLESTON -- Charleston native Richie Heath has been named the new executive director of West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse.

Cabell woman blames VA for husband's death

By Kelly Holleran |
HUNTINGTON – A Huntington woman has filed a federal complaint against the United States, claiming her husband died of cardiac arrest and renal failure due to the negligence of doctors at the Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Center.