News from June 2010
PERSONNEL FILE: Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso welcomes Nichols, Price to firm
CHARLESTON -- Katie MacCallum Nichols and Bryan N. Price have joined the law firm of Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso.
PERSONNEL FILE: 12 lawyers admitted to practice in W.Va.
CHARLESTON -- The following people were admitted to the practice of law in West Virginia on June 1:
PERSONNEL FILE: 12 lawyers admitted to practice in W.Va.
CHARLESTON -- The following people were admitted to the practice of law in West Virginia on June 1:
McGraw files suits against four collection agencies
CHARLESTON -- Attorney General Darrell McGraw's Consumer Protection Division filed two lawsuits against four collection agencies headquartered in Washington and New York for doing business in West Virginia without a license and violating West Virginia consumer protection laws.
Manager didn't work at store when woman was injured, Lowe's says
CHARLESTON -– A Lowe's manager named as a defendant in a lawsuit a Logan County couple filed against him and the store did not even work at the store at the time the woman allegedly sustained her injuries, the store claims.
SBA, SCORE to host event explaining business organizations
CHARLESTON -- The U.S. Small Business Administration and Charleston SCORE will host the business clinic "Taxes v. Liability: Business Legal Organizations Explained."
Business4Breakfast launches Facebook page
HUNTINGTON -- Organizers of the Business4Breakfast seminar series announced the launch of a Facebook page to better connect West Virginia's business community.
SBA, SCORE to host free business tax webinar
CHARLESTON -- The U.S. Small Business Administration and SCORE will host the webinar Deductible Business Expenses featuring Larry Ickes, CPA, at noon on June 15.
Medicare soon to go after liability settlements
WASHINGTON – By finally enforcing a law requiring the reporting of all injury payments, Medicare can begin getting reimbursed for payments made to individuals who later settled liability claims.
McGraw not accepting he caused budget gap
McGraw CHARLESTON - State Attorney General Darrell McGraw is appealing a federal judge's ruling that he caused a hole in the budget of the state's Medicaid program.
Court's DuPont decision doesn't add up
Maybe things have changed since we were youngsters. Back then, there was only one right answer to a math problem and you either had it or you didn't.
Jackson Kelly still could have committed black lung fraud, miner claims
Smoot BECKLEY -– Just because a report from a panel cleared Jackson Kelly lawyer Douglas Smoot of ethics charges in a black lung case doesn't mean the firm hasn't committed constant fraud, miner Clarence Carroll alleges in U.S. District Court.
Former security guard sues over fake robbery at Grand Central Mall
PARKERSBURG -- A former security guard at a Wood County shopping mall is hoping to get the last laugh on former mall employees who made him the subject of realistic prank.
Recht rules for CSX in brain damage cases
Recht WHEELING – Circuit Judge Arthur Recht granted summary judgment to CSX Transportation in seven suits blaming the railroad for brain damage in workers, after declaring medical evidence behind the suits unreliable.
Recht calls asbestos litigation against CSX 'bizarre'
Recht WHEELING -– As Circuit Judge Arthur Recht looked back over six years of asbestos litigation against CSX Transportation, the picture disturbed him.
Long John Silver's suits won't go back to Mercer County, federal judge rules
BLUEFIELD – Angela Dyson, former manager of Long John Silver's restaurant in Princeton, can't pursue a sexual harassment claim in Mercer Circuit Court.
Writer sues Cabell County Commission over FOIA requests
HUNTINGTON -- After not being able to obtain information, a Putnam County freelance legal researcher and writer is suing Cabell County Commission under the Freedom of Information Act.
CIVIL FILINGS: Cabell County
June 1
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
May 19