News from May 2009
Kanawha company says others guilty of patent infringement
CLARKSBURG – A Kanawha County company has filed suit against six other companies, alleging they are guilty of patent infringement.
Philadelphia judge keeps getting rid of asbestos cases
Robreno PHILADELPHIA – U.S. District Judge Eduardo Robreno has cleared away more than half a million asbestos suits this year and he plans to keep up the pace.
Court annuls Cabell lawyer's license
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court has annulled the license of a Barboursville lawyer, saying his cocaine addiction did not mitigate the fact that he stole money from a client.
Another suit filed over Wood retail development
PARKERSBURG - Two attorneys who allege both a Parkersburg man and chiropractor defrauded them into investing money in a proposed retail development have filed a new lawsuit alleging the local branch of an Columbus, Ohio-based bank, and its president, had a hand in perpetuating the fraud.
THEIR VIEW: Judge Webster? Hell may soon freeze over
Sprouse CHARLESTON -- I read the recent article in the Daily Mail about Judge Irene Berger getting fast tracked into a federal judgeship. And, while it will be a blessing to get her off the Circuit Court, a lifetime appointment on the Federal Bench is a little scary.
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PERSONNEL FILE: Hurney appointed to Executive Council of ADTA
Hurney CHARLESTON -– Jackson Kelly attorney Thomas J. Hurney Jr. has been appointed to the 10-person National Executive Council of the Association of Defense Trial Attorneys (ADTA).
Mason County Magistrate, schools celebrate Law Day
POINT PLEASANT -– Mason County Magistrate Cheryl Ross hosted eighth grade students from two schools at the Mason County Courthouse in honor of Law Day.
PERSONNEL FILE: Dinsmore & Shohl opens Frankfort, Ky., office
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Dinsmore & Shohl has expanded its presence in Kentucky.
McGraw's office shuts down fake loan Web site
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office has shut down a fake Web site that seemed like it was operated by a Charleston credit union.
Harron doesn't recall key X-ray, CSX claims
Harron WHEELING – Radiologist Ray Harron doesn't remember the X-ray at the heart of CSX Transportation's fraud conspiracy suit against him and Pittsburgh lawyers, according to a CSX lawyer.
FINANCIAL FOCUS: The value of cost accounting
CHARLESTON -- The concept of managing "by the numbers" has varying degrees of meaning. Many business and financial managers know their operations well enough that they don't really need a lot of financial information in order to monitor and manage their companies. They often rely on tracking cash flow as their preferred method of managing by the numbers.
One-hour special marks 250th episode of 'The Law Works'
Ringer MORGANTOWN -- Ten years ago, attorney and public broadcasting volunteer Dan Ringer, was thinking about ways to help average citizens better understand the law and how it applies to them.
Court rules turn signals not always required
Ketchum CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that turn signals are only required when other traffic would be affected.
Kanawha business files suit against half-dozen companies
CLARKSBURG – A Kanawha County company has filed suit against six other companies, alleging they are guilty of patent infringement.
Workman faults colleagues in Putnam school board case
Workman CHARLESTON – In a separate opinion relating to the state Supreme Court's decision to overrule a circuit judge's ruling for a school board to provide a wheelchair-bound boy with a full-time nurse, Justice Margaret Workman faulted her colleagues for not explaining the proper remedy available to compensate the boy.
New trial in Mingo drug murder
CHARLESTON – Two Mingo County residents convicted of killing a drug informant and sentenced to death will get new trials.
Justices say Putnam school board doesn't have to give boy full-time nurse
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court has sided with the Putnam County Board of Education, which was seeking to block a judge's order that it provide a full-time nurse to a wheelchair-bound boy.
Pa. judge begins prison term in W.Va.
MORGANTOWN -- Retired Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Michael Joyce, convicted in November of federal mail fraud and money laundering charges, has reported to FCI Morgantown, a mininum-security federal prison.
Woman says she was demoted by K-Mart due to injury
CHARLESTON – A woman says she was demoted as a manager at the Elkview K-Mart after sustaining an injury at work.