News from June 2009
THIS JUST IN: Putnam County
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THIS JUST IN: Jackson County
June 11
THIS JUST IN: Mason County
May 21
THIS JUST IN: Ohio County
May 29
Jackson Kelly lawyer facing sanctions
Smoot CHARLESTON – Douglas A. Smoot, a lawyer with the Jackson Kelly law firm, was scheduled for a hearing Thursday before the State Bar's Lawyer Disciplinary Board on allegations he withheld evidence in a black lung case.
FINANCIAL FOCUS: 2009 Stimulus Package: Planning one step ahead in tough times
CHARLESTON -- April 15 came and went. After fulfilling our mandatory civic duty of writing a check to the Internal Revenue Service, most of us do not want to think of April 15 until next year.
THEIR VIEW: Judicial reform and public opinion in W.Va.
CHARLESTON -- In West Virginia, Gov. Joe Manchin has announced former United States Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will serve as honorary chairwoman of the governor's special commission on the state court system.
PERSONNEL FILE: Dinsmore & Shohl receives top ranking
CHARLESTON -– Dinsmore & Shohl is pleased to announce that its attorneys have received top rankings -- including nine No. 1 rankings -- in Chambers and Partners' 2009 edition of Chambers USA.
THEIR VIEW: Supreme Court muddies water in Benjamin decision
MORGANTOWN -- The United States Supreme Court's decision that West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Brent Benjamin should have stepped aside in cases involving Massey Energy resolves that particular issue, but it opens the door to many more disputes over when a judge should recuse himself.
Man knows little about his case against CSX
Williams WHEELING – Earl Baylor's asbestos exposure suit against his former employers at CSX Transportation has brought him fame, but lawyers who deposed him last month discovered that he knew next to nothing about his case.
Woman suing DIRECTV over installation
CHARLESTON – A South Charleston woman is suing satellite television provider DIRECTV and a company that installs the systems after she says her home was damaged during installation.
Man says he was fired for reporting boss's sexual advances
CHARLESTON -- A Kanawha man is suing a local health testing center, claiming he was fired for rebuffing sexual advances from his supervisor and then reporting the behavior to the center's president, an alleged friend of the supervisor.
Woman claims boss sexually harassed her at Long John Silver's
CHARLESTON -- A woman is suing a company doing business as Long John Silver's in Charleston, claiming her supervisor sexually harassed her and that she was fired for reporting the behavior.
PERSONNEL FILE: Jackson Kelly lawyers, practices recognized
CHARLESTON -- Jackson Kelly is pleased to announce that 14 of the firm's West Virginia lawyers have been rated as leaders in their field in the Chambers USA 2009 Guide to America's Leading Business Lawyers.
Business for Breakfast set for June 26
CHARLESTON -- SCORE, the State Journal and the SBA have announced the June Business for Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Friday, June 26 at the Charleston Marriott Town Center's Gauley Room at the Whitewater Grille.
Man says he was fired after job-related injury
CHARLESTON – A man is suing his former employer, claiming he was fired after being injured on the job.
N.C. plaintiffs file legal malpractice suit in W.Va.
Cook WHEELING – Fifteen North Carolina residents are suing a number of Texas and Georgia attorneys in federal court, claiming the lawyers mishandled a consolidated lawsuit against CSX Transportation.