News from October 2009
State Police settle brutality suit with Charleston attorney for $200K
Wolfe CHARLESTON - One of two lawsuits a Charleston attorney filed stemming from injuries he sustained following a DUI arrest two years ago has come to a conclusion.
FINANCIAL FOCUS: The role of advisors in the bankruptcy Chapter 11 process
CHARLESTON -- Recently, I provided an overview of Chapter 11 bankruptcy and various advantages and disadvantages of such. In this article, I want to present ideas that will help businesses emerge from bankruptcy. This article should naturally be of interest to debtors, but emerging from bankruptcy is also advantageous to investors and creditors.
Prosecutor feels like bull in bullfight before Justices
HUNTINGTON – Supreme scorn fell on Fayette County assistant prosecutor Brian Parsons when he argued that police can stop drivers at random for safety checks.
FOIA problem likely over soon in AG King's CMS case
King MONTGOMERY, Ala. (Legal Newsline) - Alabama Attorney General Troy King's dispute with the federal Medicaid agency over a Freedom of Information Act request may soon be resolved.
W.Va. Chamber pushes tort reform for next legislative session
CHARLESTON -- Civil justice reform is one of the many areas the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce would like to see state lawmakers focus their efforts.
Two men file suits for Federal Building scaffold collapse
HUNTINGTON – Two men claim they were seriously injured when the scaffolding on which they were working collapsed, causing them to fall.
Couple sues Cabell Huntington for dishwashing accident
HUNTINGTON -- A woman and her husband have filed suit against Cabell Huntington Hospital after they say a conveyor belt collapsed on the woman.
Alcan workers claim medical records were revealed
CHARLESTON – In a putative class action lawsuit, Alcan workers allege their medical records were wrongfully revealed to threaten them against filing workers' compensation claims.
State Farm files suit over boy's bicycle accident
HUNTINGTON – An insurance company has filed suit against three people, including the man who it says hit a boy on a bicycle.
Couple blame surgeon for woman's problems
HUNTINGTON – A woman and her husband have filed a lawsuit in Cabell Circuit Court against a doctor who performed a surgery to help with a pelvic condition that they say caused the woman to suffer adverse effects.
The Great Chain Robbery
"You've got 24 hours to get out of town!" That's what the lawman says to troublemakers in the westerns. It's essentially what our own state attorney general says, too -– only it's productive businesses he's driving away instead of troublemakers.
Companies deny fault for man's hunting injuries
BECKLEY -– Summit Treestands and Cabella Retail Inc. deny they are to blame for a man's mishap in connection with a full-body harness he was using manufactured and sold by the companies.
Ex-employee sues Kmart for false imprisonment, malicious prosecution
By Lawrence J. Smith
Fayette company claims state official breached contract for bridge tour
The New River Gorge Bridge in Fayette County carries U.S. 19 over the New River at a height of 876 feet, making it the highest vehicular bridge in the Americas. CHARLESTON - An adventure tour company is alleging a state official breached a contract it had to begin tours of a popular attraction in Fayette County after it was publicly announced the contract was awarded to a competitor.
Untimely treatment of dog bite leads to med mal suit against PVH, physician
Toothman POINT PLEASANT - An Ohio woman is accusing a Mason County hospital, and one of its physicians of malpractice for failing to timely treat an injury she sustained from a dog bite.
McGraw says Pfizer illegally promoting drug
McGraw CHARLESTON - The state Attorney General's office is alleging that a pharmaceutical company is improperly marketing one of its drugs for uses other than it's intended purpose.
Recht wants Peirce clients to see pulmonologists, calls out Harron
Peirce WHEELING – Every client of Pittsburgh attorney Robert Peirce who intends to pursue an asbestos exposure suit against CSX Transportation in West Virginia must see a pulmonologist, Circuit Judge Arthur Recht of Wheeling has ruled.
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