News from July 2009
PERSONNEL FILE: Oxley joins Dinsmore & Shohl's Charleston office
Oxley CHARLESTON -– Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce that Perry W. Oxley has joined the firm as a partner in the Litigation Department.
Defense gets OK to look at Digitek batch records
CHARLESTON -– Lawyers alleging that sloppy practices at an Actavis Totowa drug factory led to adulteration of heart medicine Digitek have gained permission to find out if sloppy practices spoiled other pills at the factory.
Goosed conductor 'fowls' out
Actress Tippi Hedren may have watched this case closely.
Thornsbury resists stepping down in water case
WILLIAMSON – Mingo Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury says allegations that he is biased in a case involving hundreds of county residents who accuse Massey Energy of poisoning the water supply with coal slurry are baseless.
Massey drops challenge to W.Va. SC recusal standards
Starcher CHARLESTON - Massey Energy has dropped its lawsuit against the state Supreme Court.
Previous vote should affirm $50M verdict, mining company says
Blankenship CHARLESTON - There is no need for the state Supreme Court to hear a headline-causing case a third time, attorneys for Harman Mining Co. said Thursday.
THEIR VIEW: Robin Davis: From Boone County to Supreme Court to ...?
MORGANTOWN -- Any discussion about West Virginia's political landscape in the future should include the name Robin Davis.
Asbestos fraud scheme started years ago
Peirce CHARLESTON – A Pittsburgh-based law firm and a West Virginia physician were part of an intricate web of deceit that led to big money for all, say their accusers in a civil fraud lawsuit.
Man in asbestos case to testify against lawyers
Peirce WHEELING – CSX Transportation worker Ricky May, who received $8,000 from CSX to settle an asbestos exposure suit that he filed with an X-ray of another man's chest, has agreed to pay the railroad back and testify against his former lawyers.
Ex-fiancee files counter-claim against Tate
RIPLEY - The ex-fiancee of a Charleston businessman says she never really was his fiancee, and before he claims any interest on property they own in Jackson County, he needs to account for an alleged slight-of-hand he pulled on another piece of property they own in Kanawha County.
Coal company sues UMW over cocaine-related firing
CLARKSBURG – Consolidation Coal has sued the United Mine Workers of America in federal court for the right to fire a miner who tested positive for cocaine.
Kanawha County man sues State Bar over ruling
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha man is suing the West Virginia State Bar for declaring that his business constitutes practicing law without a license.
Woman sues Olive Garden over fall
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing Olive Garden after she claims she slipped on water while working as a server.
Montgomery pays $34K in civil rights lawsuit
CHARLESTON - The city of Montgomery has reached a settlement in civil rights lawsuit alleging one of its officers improperly administered a breath test, and detained a train engineer two years ago following an accidental death on the railroad.
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