News from July 2009
Asbestos lawyers say defense using 'dysfunctional' database to dismiss claims in MDL
Robreno PHILADELPHIA –- Asbestos lawyers who for decades piled claims by the millions on businesses are howling in protest now that the tables have turned.
Man says faulty entrance gate got him fired
CHARLESTON – A man says a faulty security gate arm got him fired.
Marshall Co. school board sues parents of disabled child
MOUNDSVILLE – The Marshall County Board of Education has filed a federal suit against the parents of a child with disabilities, saying the board should not be required to pay for the child's private education.
Court drops charges against lawyer
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court justices have ruled a Keyser lawyer did not violate ethical rules in meeting with both sides of a case involving a deadly car wreck before deciding which side to represent.
Car wreck case moved to federal court
CHARLESTON – A car wreck case filed in Kanawha Circuit Court by a Charleston woman has been moved to federal court because the at-fault driver is from the Netherlands and the company that rented him the car is from New Jersey.
Dog bite leads to suit against Mary Kay, consultant
RIPLEY - A cosmetics giant and one if its saleswomen from Michigan are named as co-defendants in a lawsuit filed by a Wood County man who alleges he was bitten by one of the woman's dogs while servicing her disabled rental vehicle.
DNR chief appeals state park solicitation ruling
Jezioro RICHMOND, Va. -– West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro wants the U.S. Court of Appeals to overturn a district court order finding a ban on solicitation in state parks unconstitutional.
Businessman seeks return of property, ring given to fiancee
Tate RIPLEY - A Kanawha County businessman is hoping to salvage a goldmine of gifts he gave to his former fiancee before she sends him further down the shaft.
Quick Draw McGraw
How's this for a deal: You win the lottery and we spend the money?
CSX wants judge to strike doctors' testimony
Harron WHEELING – CSX Transportation has asked U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp to strike testimony of three doctors in the railroad's fraud trial against Pittsburgh asbestos lawyers Robert Peirce and Charles Raimond.
Jackson woman claims golf course hazard led to injury
Jackson County resident Patricia Mann alleges in a lawsuit that she was injured after falling near the tee box on the sixth hole of the Greenhills Country Club's golf course in Ravenswood. (Photo by Lawrence J. Smith) RIPLEY - A Jackson County country club finds itself in a legal rough following allegations that a Ripley woman sustained injuries while playing on its golf course.
Survey shows issues with race, juvenile justice
CHARLESTON – Workers in West Virginia courts and sheriff's offices might need to reform their attitudes about blacks to preserve full federal funding for juvenile justice, according to a survey.
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