News from 2010
Business4Breakfast seminar to focus on leadership
CHARLESTON -- Huddleston Bolen, the State Journal, the U.S. Small Business Administration, and SCORE will hold a Business4Breakfast seminar entitled "Building a Winning Team" on Dec. 10.
Wellsburg woman named McGraw's Consumer Representative for Northern Panhandle
CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw has announced the appointment of businesswoman Amy Nickerson of Wellsburg as a new Consumer Protection Representative for the state's Northern Panhandle.
Webster Co. couple sues WVU Board for negligence
MORGANTOWN -- A Webster County couple is suing the WVU Board of Governors after they claims a physician whose medical license was suspended performed a procedure.
Putnam EMS named in wrongful death suit
WINFIELD –- A Kanawha County woman is alleging paramedics contributed to the death of her infant son when he died en route to the hospital.
If it walks like a duck ...
Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
CIVIL FILINGS: Cabell County
Nov. 17
CIVIL FILINGS: Putnam County
Nov. 18
CIVIL FILINGS: Berkeley County
Oct. 28
Potato chip battle goes to federal court
PARKERSBURG – An agreement between two popular potato chip manufacturers turned into a battle over money as one of the manufacturers says it has failed to receive more than $600,000 for goods it shipped.
Huddleston Bolen, HIMG to host event on estate planning and living wills
Stout HUNTINGTON -- Huddleston Bolen and HIMG will host an event on estate planning and living wills from 1:00 p.m. until 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 6.
Secrecy enters legal malpractice case
WHEELING -– U.S. Magistrate Judge James Seibert dropped a curtain of secrecy on a dispute over where to depose former CSX railroad workers alleging malpractice against a Texas law firm.
Parents blame Walmart, bike maker for son's injuries
WHEELING – The parents of a minor boy blame Walmart and a bicycle manufacturer for causing the front wheel of their son's bicycle to fall off as he rode the vehicle, causing him to face plant into the ground.
Justices reverse ruling in father's 1981 murder case
Workman CHARLESTON – Richard Poore, who faced life in prison without mercy on a charge of murdering his three-month-old son, has won a new trial or full freedom.
Man blames Cleveland Clinic doctors for paralysis
CHARLESTON – During a revision to a left knee replacement, doctors at Cleveland Clinic injured a Kanawha County man's sciatic nerve, causing him to endure paralysis in the lower portion of his left leg, according to recently filed court documents.
Justices won't let Jarvis, Carney sue troopers
Jarvis CHARLESTON – State Supreme Court Justices who reversed criminal convictions of Betty Jarvis and Wanda Carney won't let them sue state troopers who investigated them.
Lewis Co. man blame manufacturer for roller accident
ELKINS – A Lewis County man has filed suit against the heavy equipment manufacturer that he claims manufactured a roller that defectively failed to turn off when it flipped on its side, causing burning oil to spew on the man.
Another former inmate sues WVDOC, officers for sexual misconduct
CHARLESTON -- A former inmate at Lakin Correctional Center in Mason County is suing the West Virginia Division of Corrections for negligence after she claims she was sexually assaulted and sexually abused by correctional officers.
Former inmate sues WVDOC, officers for sexual misconduct
CHARLESTON -- A former inmate at Lakin Correctional Center in Mason County is suing the West Virginia Division of Corrections for negligence after she claims she was sexually harassed and sexually abused by correctional officers.
Decision on U.S. 35 tolls awaits Mason commission's answer
CHARLESTON – Until it has heard from Mason County commissioners, the state Supreme Court has deferred rendering a decision on compelling the state Parkways Authority to move forward with proposed tolls on U.S. 35.