News from May 2009
THEIR VIEW: I thought these coal companies were evil?
If you believe the enviros, the coal companies are evil.
Couple says collection firms kept hassling them
CLARKSBURG – A Taylor County couple claim Chrysler Financial and two collection agencies continued to hassle them after they paid off their debt.
State worker says she was passed over for promotion
CHARLESTON – An employee of the state Department of Transportation says she was passed over three times for a promotion because of her gender.
Family court judges conference wraps up
VIENNA -- The state's family court judges wrapped up their spring educational conference earlier this week at the Grand Point Conference and Reception Center in Vienna, according to the Parkersburg News and Sentinel.
Aboulhosn to take students on tour of regional jail
Aboulhosn PRINCETON -– Mercer Circuit Judge Omar Aboulhosn will act as a tour guide for two groups of elementary school students who will visit the Southern Regional Jail in Beaver this month.
PERSONNEL FILE: Huddleston Bolen attorney admitted to Bar
Lucas HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that attorney Conrad Lucas has been admitted to the West Virginia Bar.
Kanawha drug court launched
Bailey-Walker CHARLESTON -- Kanawha Circuit Judge Jennifer Bailey-Walker said that when she was eight years old, she decided to become a lawyer so she could help people.
Citing W.Va. law, NFL asks Delaware SC to stop sports betting
DOVER, Del. -- The National Football League does not want the State of Delaware to allow betting on sports and has asked the state Supreme Court to block the proposed law.
Lawsuit filed over Morgantown hit-and-run
MORGANTOWN – A Morgantown family is suing a woman over a hit-and-run involving their daughter.
Couple sues over man's drunken attack
MORGANTOWN – A couple is suing a man, claiming he attacked them at a Cheat Lake bar.
Man sues over invisible dog fence
MARTINSBURG – A man is suing the makers of an invisible dog fence, claiming the fence malfunctioned and caused his dog to bite him.
Lawsuit filed against Lincoln newspaper
HUNTINGTON – The owner of a Florida landscaping company who started a newspaper in Lincoln County is suing the county's longstanding newspaper for defamation, saying it published articles that falsely implicated him in illegal campaign activity.
ALL THINGS JURY: Predicting monetary awards
In past columns I have stated that the most difficult -- and least effective -- use of jury research is trying to determine potential monetary damages.
PERSONNEL FILE: Huddleston Bolen attorneys honored by national publication
Bolen HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that Richard Bolen, Tom Gilpin and Chris Plybon have been recognized among the nation's top business lawyers in the Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition for 2009.
PERSONNEL FILE: 20/10 Consulting brings focus to employee development
Karen Bragg and Gina Pertee are co-managing directors of 20/10 Consulting.
Business for Breakfast set for May 22
CHARLESTON -- The State Journal, SCORE and the SBA have announced the May Business for Breakfast is scheduled Friday, May 22 at 7:30 a.m. at the Charleston Marriott Town Center's Gauley Room at the Whitewater Grille.
CSX questions addition to asbestos form
Bolen WHEELING – Someone added six words to a questionnaire that former CSX Transportation employee Earl Baylor filled out for asbestos lawyers in Pittsburgh, and owners of the railroad want to know how it happened.
Supreme Court reinstates dormant lawsuit
Ketchum CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court has ruled that a woman can go ahead with her car wreck lawsuit, after the Kanawha Circuit Court dismissed it for inactivity.
O'Connor cites Caperton case in blasting judicial elections
O'Connor CHARLESTON -- Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor told an audience of American Bar Association members in Charlotte, N.C. last week that the public is growing distrustful of elected judges, and she used the Harman Mining case against state Chief Justice Brent Benjamin as an example of the problem of judicial elections.
Moats appointed to hear Segal religion case
Moats CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court has appointed Circuit Judge Alan D. Moats to preside over a lawsuit brought against prominent Charleston lawyer Scott Segal.