News from September 2009
Pepsi seeks to have man's wrongful firing suit dismissed
CHARLESTON – Regardless of his skin color, Pepsi claims it would have fired the man who has filed suit against the company alleging racism.
Williamson newspaper denies claim it caused man's injury
HUNTINGTON – The Williamson Daily News denies a man's allegations that it deliberately caused injuries to the man's right hand when it got caught in a printing machine.
Post-Gazette wants Mylan suit dismissed
WHEELING -- The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is asking the U.S. District Court to dismiss generic drugmaker Mylan's complaint against it, saying it had a constitutional right to publish an article that led to an investigation by the Food and Drug Administration.
McGraw's drug-pricing suit removed to federal court
McGraw CHARLESTON -- CVS Pharmacy and other defendants in a lawsuit filed by outside counsel hired by state Attorney General Darrell McGraw have removed the case to federal court.
Wayne woman says Icy Hot burned her child
WAYNE– A Wayne County woman is suing a Tennessee corporation for burns to an infant child caused after he used an Icy Hot patch to relieve pain.
Wayne woman sues after slip at Speedway
CEREDO – A Wayne County woman has filed suit against Speedway SuperAmerica after she says she slipped on a wet floor.
Two more video parlor managers sue for overtime, mileage
CLARKSBURG – Two additional current and former managers of video poker parlors throughout central West Virginia have filed separate federal lawsuits against the parlors and their owners, alleging they worked more than 40 hours per week without receiving overtime pay and were not paid mileage.
Dominion fears bankruptcy, layoffs from class action
CHARLESTON – A West Virginia company claims it faces the possibility of bankruptcy and of being forced to lay off all its employees if an oil company is allowed to shut down its wells and to buy its meters.
Retired Judge Arthur N. Gustke dies
PARKERSBURG -– Retired Fourth Judicial Circuit Court Judge Arthur N. Gustke died Sunday, Sept. 27, at his home. He was 80.
Ohio woman sues after fall at Huntington Mall
BARBOURSVILLE – An Ohio woman claims fell while shopping in the Huntington Mall after a Zales employee failed to warn her of an object on the floor.
Feeding frenzy
Schadenfreude is a wonderful word that refers to the pleasure we take in other people's distress. It's a guilty pleasure, but hard to resist.
THEIR VIEW: Keep judges on the ballot
MORGANTOWN -- An election is an exercise that flexes the muscle of democracy. It is the reminder that the government's legitimacy is derived from the consent of the governed.
Albright Jr. makes late effort to save license
CHARLESTON – In a last-minute bid to save his law license, Joseph Albright Jr. distributed an estate he should have distributed years ago.
Justices to decide whether mall discriminated against black teens
HUNTINGTON –- Charleston Town Center owners claim the eviction of black teens for exceeding a limit of four juveniles in a group didn't constitute discrimination, but they haven't enforced the rule against the white children of Chief Justice Brent Benjamin.
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