News from 2010
Mining our own business
A popular bumper sticker years back challenged the pesky know-it-all: "If you're so smart, why ain't you rich?"
Putnam doctor named in wrongful death suit
WINFIELD -– A Putnam County woman is suing a family doctor for the wrongful death of her daughter.
Judge gives Graybar a week to avert discrimination trial
WHEELING – U.S. District Judge Frederick Stamp gives Graybar Electric and former employee Joseph Veltri a week to avert a jury trial on Veltri's discrimination claim.
WVU med school, hospital sued for sending wrong ashes to family
PARKERSBURG –- A teaching moment for staff and students at West Virginia University's medical school is now one for their colleagues and friends at the law school following the med school's alleged failure to properly return the remains of a Wood County's woman to her family for burial.
Lincoln school board members says newspaper defamed her
HAMLIN -- A member of the Lincoln County Board of Education says a newspaper publisher printed defamatory statements about her in a weekly newspaper.
Attorney says Lincoln election controversy could have been stopped
Peyton CHARLESTON -- The attorney in the Lincoln County Primary Election controversy said there were more than enough county and state officials who could have stopped the situation before it ever would have had a chance to impact the May primary election votes.
Judge allows accountants to bill him monthly in class actions
Goodwin CHARLESTON – Handling claims in two class actions over oil and gas leases turned so tough that accountants in charge held out for more money.
CIVIL FILINGS: Kanawha County
Aug. 16
CIVIL FILINGS: Putnam County
Aug. 20
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.