News from August 2010
CIVIL FILINGS: Cabell County
Aug. 19
CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County
July 20
Putnam teacher wants Board to provide copy of secret tape made by parent
WINFIELD –- A Putnam County teacher is demanding before any discipline is imposed on her the board of education produce a copy of an audio tape of her allegedly berating her students.
Bank sues Putnam woman for $33K in early retirement overpayments
WINFIELD –- An Ohio bank is suing a Putnam County woman to recoup nearly $35,000 in overpayments she received from her retirement plan.
Manhole accident results in suit against Putnam PSD, contractors
WINFIELD -– A Putnam County man is alleging a public utility provider, and two firms it hired to help construct a water main extension, are responsible for injuries he sustained while trimming weeds.
Nurse says she was wrongly fired after reporting racial slur
PARKERSRBURG –- A Wood County home-health nurse has filed suit against her former employer alleging she was terminated for reporting a racial slur.
Judge orders disbarred Morgantown attorney to find work, repay former clients
MORGANTOWN – Instead of repay his proverbial debt to society by going to prison, a judge wants a disbarred Monongalia attorney to find work and repay clients who's money he embezzled.
Mason couple accuses CSX of employing child predator
Rainey POINT PLEASANT -– A Mason County couple alleges CSX Transportation looked the other way regarding complaints that one of its employees was a sexual predator until he was eventually caught assaulting their daughter.
PERSONNEL FILE: Huddleston Bolen welcomes two new attorneys
HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen is pleased to welcome two new trial attorneys, Trent Spurlock and Rebecca Schafer, to the firm's Louisville, Ky., office.
PERSONNEL FILE: Six Jenkins Fenstermaker attorneys honored
Golder HUNTINGTON -– Jenkins Fenstermaker, a Huntington-based law firm, announces that six of its attorneys recently were selected by their peers for inclusion in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
PERSONNEL FILE: Jackson Kelly attorneys, practices honored by Best Lawyers
CHARLESTON -- Jackson Kelly is pleased to announce that 61 of the firm's lawyers were recently named in the 2011 edition of The Best Lawyers in America.
Lawsuits sprouts from fallen tree
MADISON -- A personal injury suit has grown from a tree that fell in the path of Alvin Ball's automobile.
Man wants real estate company to return personal property
HAMLIN -- A Chapmanville man complains a real estate company, its president and vice president should be compelled to return his personal property estimated to be worth $123,496 remaining on land he sold to them last January.
THEIR VIEW: Candidates should rely on facts, not push buttons
Romano CLARKSBURG -- Reading Judge John Yoder's recent guest column in The West Virginia Record reminded me why our country is so divided.
First Judicial Circuit wins award
CHARLESTON -- First Judicial Circuit Judge Martin J. Gaughan and Brooke County Chief Probation Officer Jim Lee were recently recognized for the success of the Northern Panhandle Treatments Courts program they helped to create.
State Senate to stream live audio of floor sessions, committee meetings
CHARLESTON -- As part of the Legislature's continuing efforts to provide citizens with greater access to its proceedings, West Virginia Senate President Earl Ray Tomblin has announced that the Senate will begin streaming live audio of floor sessions and committee meetings this Fall.
Wheeling woman sues Umstott for failure to pay wages
WHEELING -- A Wheeling woman is suing Umstott after she claims it failed to pay her and other former employees their wages and benefits in full after their employment ended.
Former employee sues Verizon for wrongful termination
CHARLESTON -- A former employee is suing Verizon after she claims her employment was wrongfully terminated because of her disability.
Mother sues Kanawha school board for son's injuries
CHARLESTON -- A mother is suing the Kanawha County Board of Education after her son suffered injuries at McKinley Junior High School.