News from December 2011
CIVIL FILINGS: Putnam County
Dec. 15
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
Wood County
CIVIL FILINGS: Cabell County
Dec. 15
CIVIL FILINGS: Boone County
Nov. 23
CIVIL FILINGS: Randolph County
Nov. 29
Tomblin signs Marcellus Shale bill
Tomblin CHARLESTON – Eight days after the legislation was sent to his desk, Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Thursday signed the Horizontal Well Act relating to Marcellus Shale.
AIG wants judge to toss $58 million Harrison verdict
CLARKSBURG -- Chartis and AIG plan to ask a Harrison County judge to toss a $58 million jury verdict from earlier this week involving a leaking tank at a gas station.
The gift that keeps on giving: constructive criticism
It's better to give than to receive –- and that's certainly true of criticism.
Putnam attorney named again in malpractice suit
Armada WINFIELD -– A Putnam County attorney once again is accused of waiting too long to file a medical malpractice suit against a disgraced doctor.
Law firm appeals case over insurance coverage to high court
Richard Lindsay CHARLESTON - A Charleston law firm is asking the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals to determine that a circuit court judge erred in granting summary judgment to a legal malpractice insurance company.
Miner says supervisor, others abused his post-traumatic stress disorder
MADISON -- A former mine shift foreman accuses his superintendent and employer Coal River Energy of repeated harassment and abuse relative to post-traumatic stress disorder he suffered through military service in Vietnam.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Legal Version)
Whereas, on or about the night prior to Christmas, there did occur at a certain improved piece of real property (hereinafter "the House") a general lack of stirring by all creatures therein, including, but not limited to a mouse.
THEIR VIEW: Some progress in state's legal climate
Various national studies show West Virginia's legal climate to be very poorly perceived. Organizations as prominent as The American Tort Reform Association, The Institute for Legal Reform and others have rated our state as less than satisfactory in its overall delivery of justice for all.
Steptoe & Johnson gives $500,000 to WVU College of Law renovation
MORGANTOWN -– A $500,000 gift from the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson PLLC will help fund a $24 million renovation project at the West Virginia University College of Law.
National College calls McGraw investigation unlawful
McGraw CHARLESTON -- The National College of Virginia, Inc. is suing West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw for an investigation it claims is unlawful.
*** Standalone art for 12/26 issue: A gift from CSX
Rahall Transportation Institute Director and CEO Robert H. "Bob" Plymale, center, and Marshall University Foundation Vice President for Development Lance West, right accept a $25,000 check Dec. 20 from CSX Executive Vice President and COO David Brown. The gift was for rail researched conducted by the institute. (Photo courtesy of Marshall University)
Panel to hear congressional redistricting case
King CHARLESTON - A three-judge panel will hear a challenge over the current makeup of West Virginia's three congressional districts next week.