News from May 2009
ALL THINGS JURY: Thoughts on witness preparation
CHARLESTON -- Preparing witnesses for depositions and trials is a common tool utilized during litigation. The goal of these efforts is to help the witness tell their story in a straightforward, understandable fashion. It is NOT a method to change any facts or elements of the witness' testimony.
Assisting living center says employee spread rumors of rape
WHEELING – An assisted living center is suing one of its employees for allegedly spreading rumors that an older man residing at the facility raped a woman.
Eli Lilly upset with McGraw's outside counsel
McGraw NEW YORK -- Eli Lilly & Co. is upset that an attorney hired by West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw didn't send it a copy of a letter faxed to a federal judge regarding contingency fee issues.
Trial lawyers make out in Chrysler bailout
NEW YORK -– Personal injury lawyers seemingly have secured a windfall from the Chrysler bailout.
Day Report and Drug Court participants completing community service
MADISON -- Drug offenders sentenced to community service with the Boone County Office of the Logan Regional Day Report/Drug Court are working with the Boone County Commission Maintenance Department and the City of Madison to help clean up the county in which they live.
Aboulhosn to give commencement speech
Aboulhosn PRINCETON -– Mercer Circuit Judge Omar Aboulhosn will give the commencement speech at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, May 30, at Princeton Senior High School.
McGraw part of national false charity sweep
CHARLESTON -- Attorney General Darrell McGraw has joined the Federal Trade Commission and law enforcement officials from 48 states and the District of Columbia in a nationwide, federal-state crackdown on fraudulent charities.
THEIR VIEW: What's wrong with checking old comp claims?
CHARLESTON -- Paul Nyden recently had a article in the Sunday Gazette-Mail about how Sedgewick (the folks handling the Old Fund Workers' Comp claims) is denying some Workers' Comp recipients disability benefits.
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Former East Bank officer says 'tazed' woman asked for it
CHARLESTON -- Former East Bank police officer Steve Smith says a woman who is suing him and the town over his allegedly tazing her repeatedly while she was pregnant and unwilling isn't telling the whole story.
McGraw: Rural customers affected more by Chrysler bankruptcy
McGraw NEW YORK - State Attorney General Darrell McGraw is objecting to the closing of 17 state Chrysler dealerships in the company's bankruptcy proceedings.
Verizon suing state over damaged underground cable
CHARLESTON -- Verizon West Virginia is suing the state Department of Transportation and Division of Highways, claiming workers damaged an underground cable during excavation work in Wheeling.
Woman sues Clendenin over parking lot design
CHARLESTON -- A woman is suing the town of Clendenin after she was hit by a car at an allegedly dangerous parking lot by the post office.
Woman suing brother over eviction
CHARLESTON -- A woman is suing her brother, claiming he had the police evict her from her deceased parents' home and has kept all her belongings.
Proposed settlement reached in alleged Calhoun hazing
CHARLESTON -- A proposed settlement has been reached in a lawsuit brought against the Calhoun County Board of Education over the alleged hazing of a high school football player.
Manchin says legal aid fund will be untouched
Manchin CHARLESTON -- Gov. Joe Manchin said concerns aired last week that a fund meant to help the poor have a lawyer represent them -- primarily in domestic violence proceedings -- were premature and that the fund would not be cut.
Woman's fall results in suit against hospital, therapist
RIPLEY - For one Jackson county woman, what hoped to be a day of healing ended in one of alleged injury.
Man sues over fall from telephone pole
CHARLESTON – A Bluefield man is suing Verizon West Virginia after falling off a telephone pole.
Woman sues over hospital parking gate
CHARLESTON – A woman claims she was injured by a gate at the entrance to a parking facility at a Charleston hospital.
Ex-paramedic files suit against hospital
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital PARKERSBURG - A former paramedic for a Wood County hospital is alleging the hospital added insult to her work-related injury when she was later fired, all in less than a year.