News from May 2009
State says company ruined Marion road
CHARLESTON – The state Department of Transportation is suing a Fairmont company, alleging the company caused extension damage to a road in Marion County.
Aboulhosn to lead bridge dedication
Aboulhosn LAKE SHAWNEE -– Mercer Circuit Judge Omar Aboulhosn will lead a Memorial Day ceremony dedicating a bridge in honor of a soldier killed in Iraq.
Woman said she was fired over ethnicity
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing a local hospital company and one of its employees, saying the employee discriminated against her and got her fired from her job.
PERSONNEL FILE: 56 admitted to practice law in W.Va.
CHARLESTON -- Fifty-six lawyers were admitted to practice law in the State of West Virginia during a ceremony before the Supreme Court of Appeals on May 12.
Alleged rape of a teen at heart of suit against Tri-State
CHARLESTON – A 12-year-old girl is suing the owners of Tri-State Racetrack and a worker, claiming racetrack security failed to protect her from being raped in the dog kennel area.
Wood attorney representing self, wife in personal injury case
PARKERSBURG - In looking for new clients, a Wood County attorney had to go no further than his driveway following a 2007 car wreck.
Lawsuit filed in worker's death
CHARLESTON – The estate of a man who died after being injured on the job is suing three companies and a supervisor.
Beckley man says he was fired over back injury
CHARLESTON – A Beckley man claims he was fired the day after injuring his back on the job.
THEIR VIEW: 'Firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right'
CHARLESTON -- February 12 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of arguably our greatest president, Abraham Lincoln.
Greenbrier bankruptcy dismissed
RICHMOND, Va. -- U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Huennekens on Tuesday dismissed The Greenbrier's bankruptcy filing.
FINANCIAL FOCUS: Succession planning: A contrarian's perspective
CHARLESTON -- Determining when to begin the thought process for selling a business is often a product of the age of the owner(s) or financial need.
Court upholds decision in Lincoln election appeal
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court says a Lincoln County circuit judge was right to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the losing candidate in a circuit clerk election marred by illegal vote-buying.
Eight lawsuits filed over same health care product
CHARLESTON – Thirteen plaintiffs in eight separate lawsuits pending in federal court are seeking damages after women claimed they'd suffered adverse effects from a type of mesh implanted to help with a pelvic condition.
Lawyer says family members 'feel vindicated' by $2M settlement
WELLSBURG -- A Wheeling lawyer says family members of a woman who died after a cancer-related surgery at Weirton Medical Center in 2005 "feel vindicated by our justice system" after the hospital confessed judgment and agreed to pay $2 million in damages.
PERSONNEL FILE: Lucas joins Huddleston Bolen
Lucas HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen has announced that Conrad Lucas will practice in the firm's Huntington office following his admission to the West Virginia Bar.
Woman sues St. Albans man for indecent exposure
CHARLESTON – A couple from Tornado is suing a St. Albans man they claim exposed himself repeatedly to one of them.
Inmate wants $1M from N.Y. lawyer
CLARKSBURG -- A West Virginia inmate is seeking $1 million from a New York lawyer who he says won't inform him of what happened to $12,000 police took from his car during a routine traffic stop.
Court reinstates abuse and neglect proceeding
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court says it agrees with a Cabell circuit judge's frustration with the state Department of Health and Human Resources in an abuse and neglect proceeding, but notes the judge was wrong to dismiss the proceeding as a sanction to the agency and potentially endanger a child.
Another ATV rollover suit filed against Yamaha
CHARLESTON – A West Virginia resident has filed a lawsuit against a prominent ATV manufacturer, alleging his minor daughter was injured after their four-wheelers flipped.
Judge permits unvaccinated child to attend school
Goodwin CHARLESTON – A federal judge has ordered that an unvaccinated kindergartner can attend school in Mingo County for the remainder of the school year while the child's mother's lawsuit against the school system plays out.