News from August 2009
Thompson to serve as vice chair of Southern Legislative Conference
Thompson CHARLESTON -- House of Delegates Speaker Rick Thompson has been unanimously elected Vice Chairman of the Southern Legislative Conference by fellow lawmakers from 16 member states.
Digitek MDL judges deny request to transfer cases to Texas judge
AUSTIN, Texas -– Manufacturers and distributors of heart medicine Digitek succeeded in consolidating 19 personal injury suits from 12 counties, but were taught a lesson in judge shopping.
Putnam family, car dealer swap fraud claims
WINFIELD - Two Putnam County women and an automobile dealership have traded allegations of fraud regarding the purchase of a used car last year.
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Mylan sues Post-Gazette over stories
MORGANTOWN – Generic drugmaker Mylan has filed a lawsuit against the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette over stories that triggered an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration.
AGs back Obama's Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Obama WASHINGTON – West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw is one of 22 state attorneys general who are urging Congress to pass a plan crafted by President Barack Obama's administration for a consumer protection agency that will team with them.
Jurors exonerate Peirce firm in phony X-ray trial
WHEELING – Robert Peirce's law firm in Pittsburgh bears no liability for a phony X-ray in an asbestos suit against CSX Transportation, a jury in federal court decided on Aug. 14.
Community college president named in wrongful termination suit
Badgley CHARLESTON - A former administrator at a Charleston-area community college has filed a wrongful termination suit against the college's president.
State Trooper says he was fired for reporting affair
CHARLESTON -- A former West Virginia State Trooper says he was fired for telling his supervisor's wife that her husband was cheating on her.
Jackson woman alleges injury from Wal-Mart shopping carts
CHARLESTON - A Jackson County woman alleges she was injured at a Charleston-area Wal-Mart when aiding an employee collecting shopping carts.
Putnam man faults AEP for electrocution
CHARLESTON - A Putnam County man is alleging the power company is at fault for injuries he sustained when a ladder he was using came into contact with overhead wires.
Hindsight or blindness?
They say hindsight's 20/20, but can it be blind.
Drug companies will get chance to prove bogus claims
CHARLESTON – U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Stanley will give drug companies Actavis Totowa and Mylan Pharmaceuticals a chance to prove that lawyers filed bogus suits in national litigation over heart medicine Digitek.
Judge denies motion to transfer potential Dollar General class action
CLARKSBURG – U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley has denied a motion from former Dollar General workers to transfer a proposed class action against the retailer to District Judge John Preston Bailey.
Victims sue church, former pastor over sex abuse
CHARLESTON -- Four men are suing the Church of God, alleging they were the victims of sexual abuse at the hands of a former pastor at a church in Shrewsbury.
Hurricane city street unsafe, resident alleges in suit
WINFIELD - A Putnam County woman alleges a stroll she took through her neighborhood resulted in a trip to the hospital.
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