News from May 2009
Man says he was discriminated against after work accident
WHEELING – A Wellsburg man has filed suit alleging his supervisors treated him differently and discriminated against him after he was seriously injured when an SUV ran over him.
Federal class action filed over cable boxes
Federal Judge Robert C. "Chuck" Chambers CHARLESTON – A Huntington man has filed a class action lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Comcast, alleging that the cable company's requirement of customers to pay a separate fee for a cable box is illegal.
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U.S. Magistrate Judge James Siebert has to see more than smoke in the matter of Earl Baylor, the South Carolinian whose challenged asbestos sickness diagnosis is part of a questionable West Virginia lawsuit against CSX Transportation.
Justices side with legislators on workers' comp evaluation issue
Davis CHARLESTON – West Virginia legislators respected the constitutional separation of powers when they trusted workers' compensation managers to devise a method for evaluating spine injuries, the Supreme Court of Appeals has decided.
Pfizer, others want to stop copying of Lyrica
WHEELING – Prominent drug manufacturer Pfizer is one of three companies that says it will be irreparably harmed if two other major drug makers, including Mylan Pharmaceuticals, are allowed to sell a drug used to treat fibromyalgia.
St. Albans bar sues city over new ordinance
CHARLESTON – A St. Albans bar and its owner are suing the city, saying police illegally shut the bar down after city council passed an ordinance limiting bar locations.
Bus driver sues after being fired for urinating off bus
MOUNDSVILLE – A former Marshall County Schools bus driver, fired for urinating from a school bus, is suing the school board, saying he has a medical condition that causes uncontrollable urges to urinate.
Suit disputes Ohio firm's take of fees in Boggs wrongful death suit
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital PARKERSBURG -- An Ohio attorney is alleging that his former law firm has unfairly gained from the nearly 5,000 hours he put into a successful wrongful death suit against a Wood County hospital and physician.
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Alleged incest victim must have pelvic exam, Court says
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court has denied a state request to prohibit a judge from ordering a juvenile girl, an alleged victim of incest, to undergo a pelvic examination.
Jackson couple alleges road-rage contributed to son's death
RIPLEY -- A Cottageville couple is alleging that a road-rage incident along a rural Jackson County road last summer led to the death of their son.
Slip-and-fall suit against Jackson Co. Commission dismissed
RIPLEY - A slip-and-fall lawsuit against the Jackson County Commission has come to a conclusion with the woman who filed it agreeing to withdraw her complaint.