News from July 2011
Daugherty retires amid controversy
HUNTINGTON – Social Security Administrative Law Judge David B. Daugherty has retired amid several investigations within the appeals sections of the Social Security office.
AG's office looking at roll-your-own cigarette machines
McGraw CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Department of Administration has alerted Attorney General Darrell McGraw to what it calls an "apparently new phenomena" of roll-your-own cigarette machines in tobacco stores in the state.
Hurricane woman sues Go-Mart for injuries
CHARLESTON -- A Hurricane woman is suing Go-Mart after she was injured at its St. Albans store.
Woman sues former employer for wrongful termination
CHARLESTON -- A Putnam County woman is suing her former employer after she says Summit Community Bank wrongfully terminated her.
Man sues Direct Service Remanufacturing for work injuries
CHARLESTON -- A man is suing Direct Service Remanufacturing after he was injured on the job.
S. Charleston couple sues water company for property damages
CHARLESTON -- A South Charleston couple is suing West Virginia-American Water Company after their property was damaged because of a main water line leak.
Visitor sues nursing home for injuries
CHARLESTON -- A Kanawha County woman is suing Health Care and Retirement Corp. of America, LLC, after she claims she was injured twice while visiting someone in the nursing home.
New plaintiff added in Morgantown drilling ban suit
MORGANTOWN – Enrout Properties, LLC, has filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit involving Northeast Natural Energy suing the City of Morgantown for banning drilling in a natural gas area.
Supreme Court directs business court committee to proceed
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has taken a significant step towards creating a business court in the state.
Court says W.Va. panel did not exceed its powers
RICHMOND, Va. -- A federal appeals court on Thursday determined that a Charleston arbitration panel properly considered the validity of a 2008 agreement between Central West Virginia Energy and Bayer Cropscience LP.
McGraw files suit against Calif. loan modification co.
CHARLESTON -– West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw's office has taken action against a California-based company for alleged fraudulent loan modification claims.
Digging a hole to defeat
Darrell McGraw is not a dumb guy. Fran Hughes is no slouch, either. You'd think they'd know that when you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.
Lawyers get big cut in call center class action settlement
MARTINSBURG – Hundreds who lost jobs when AB&C call centers closed without warning will share a $726,000 class action settlement on a fairly random basis.
'07 Cabell EMS suit settled for $3.6 million
HUNTINGTON – Details of the settlement in a 2007 wrongful death suit filed against the Cabell County Emergency Medical Services squad by the family of a pregnant Huntington woman which officials attempted to keep secret can now be told.
1986 ruling opened access to lawsuit settlements
McHugh CHARLESTON – In West Virginia, openness is the standard for lawsuit settlements involving government agencies thanks to 25-year-old state Supreme Court decision.
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