News from 2010
PERSONNEL FILE: McCardle moves from Jackson Kelly's Wheeling office to Morgantown
McCardle MORGANTOWN -– Andrea McCardle, an attorney with Jackson Kelly, recently moved from the Wheeling office to the Morgantown office to more fully support the firm's expanding efforts in the Marcellus Shale region.
PERSONNEL FILE: Barkus joins Steptoe & Johnson
Barkus MARTINSBURG -– Steptoe & Johnson is pleased to welcome new member A. Neal Barkus to the firm.
THEIR VIEW: About that Nike ad ... get a life!
MORGANTOWN -- You've heard by now that Nike changed the background of its promotional ad for the new WVU football "Battle Gear" uniform because of objections by mountaintop removal opponents.
Veterans Summit features small business experts
CLARKSBURG -- The 2010 Veterans Summit set for Tuesday, Sept. 14 at the I-79 Technology Park Research Center in Fairmont will feature an abundance of speakers with expertise in veteran and business affairs.
Couple sues Wheeling Hospital for wrongful termination of employment
WHEELING -- A former employee and her husband are suing Wheeling Hospital after they claim the hospital wrongfully terminated her employment.
Newsprint company sues Wayne County News for $126,000
WAYNE -- SP Newsprint Company is suing Wayne County Publications after it claims it failed to pay more than $125,000 for newspaper delivery services.
Woman says she wasn't paid McDonald's wages
WAYNE -- A Wayne County woman is suing Odessa Corporation after she claims it violated state code by failing to pay her wages.
Del. company sues Taylor Contracting for failure to pay for cement
WAYNE -- Holcim (US), Inc., is suing Taylor Contracting/Taylor Ready Mix after it claims the company failed to pay for cement that amounted to nearly $38,000.
PERSONNEL FILE: Spilman Thomas & Battle member elected president of Kanawha County Bar Association
Mooney CHARLESTON -– The law firm of Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC is pleased to announce that Nicholas P. Mooney II, a member in its Charleston office, was elected President of the Kanawha County Bar Association.
State Law Library hosting grandparents' rights workshop
CHARLESTON -– The State Law Library will present a free informational workshop on grandparents' rights at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11. The session will focus on a grandparent's legal right to visitation but also will benefit those raising children of relatives.
PERSONNEL FILE: Barr named a W.Va. 'Rising Star'
Barr WHEELING -- Melissa M. Barr, an associate in the West Virginia office of Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, was selected for inclusion as a "West Virginia Rising Star 2010" in the area of Civil Litigation Defense by Virginia Super Lawyers magazine.
Cap challenge concerns medical group leader
Jenkins CHARLESTON -- The executive director of the West Virginia State Medical Association says he is concerned about the implications of a case, set to be heard by the state Supreme Court early next year, challenging the state's medical malpractice reforms.
Filing in Wood wrongful prosecution suit suggests win-at-all costs mentality
PARKERSBURG – A Wood County businessman says the win-at-all costs mentality from the investigation through the appellate stage in the criminal case against him is enough for his lawsuit against two Wood County prosecutors and two Wood County deputy sheriffs to go to trial.
Asbestos issue leads to bitterness on Miss. SC
Peirce JACKSON, Miss. -- A divided Mississippi Supreme Court has decided a judge was right to buy the story of asbestos attorneys in a "he said, he said" dispute over a private settlement conference, with a group of resentful dissenters lamenting the long-term effects of the decision.
Artist files suit after loaned paintings are vandalized
CHARLESTON -- A Charleston artist whose paintings were badly damaged while on display for a local theater group said she will think carefully before exhibiting again.
Venue wish upon a star
"Veni, vidi, vici," said Julius Caesar, neatly summarizing a swift, decisive military victory. "I came, I saw, I conquered."
Cabell schools now keeping swing sets
HUNTINGTON -- Cabell County school officials have halted their planned removal of swings from elementary schools.
McGraw settles with two debt collection firms
McGraw CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw announced Friday his office has reached agreements with two out-of-state debt collection firms to halt their services in West Virginia, cancel consumers' debts and pay fines.
Supreme Court's fall term begins Tuesday
Davis CHARLESTON – This week, the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals will return to the Capitol for a dazzling variety of far-reaching cases.
Tech workers' union seeks hold on outsourcing proposal
CHARLESTON – The union representing state technology workers is seeking an injunction prohibiting the state from outsourcing technology jobs until a required cost-benefit analysis is performed.