News from March 2011
PERSONNEL FILE: Multer joins Dinsmore & Shohl's Morgantown office
MORGANTOWN -- Maxwell Multer has joined Dinsmore & Shohl as an associate in the Labor & Employment Department and a member of the Mine Safety & Health Practice Group. He will practice in the firm's Morgantown office.
Man who helped start asbestos cases found guilty of fraud
CINCINNATI – Robert Gilkison, who instigated thousands of asbestos suits against CSX Transportation for a Pittsburgh law firm, cheated the government all the while.
Justices on the road again
Workman CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court is about to hit the road.
News Flash: Personal injury attorneys don't like caps on malpractice awards
We knew our Legislature's caps on medical malpractice awards were going to be challenged, and who the challengers would be: personal injury attorneys and their clients.
Briefs push both sides of med mal cap debate
MORGANTOWN – Caps on awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice trials prevent runaway jury verdicts, the West Virginia State Medical Association pleads in a case the Supreme Court of Appeals will hear on Tuesday, March 8.
Disbarred attorney accused of violating probation, forging checks
CHARLESTON – A disbarred Charleston attorney faces jail time for not only violating the terms of his probation on a forgery-related conviction, but also new allegations of forgery.
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Motorcycle club sues St. Albans man for using trademarked material
CHARLESTON – Brothers of the Wheel Motorcycle Club Executive Council, Inc., is suing a St. Albans man after it claims he misused trademarked material.
Groh suggested for federal judgeship
Groh CHARLESTON -- West Virginia Sens. Jay Rockefeller and Joe Manchin are asking President Barack Obama to nominate Circuit Court Judge Gina Marie Groh for a federal judgeship.
Bill would increase fees, fund SupCo elections
CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed a bill that would increase fees on court filings and lawyers to help fund state Supreme Court elections.
Observers torn on idea of new appellate court
Roberts CHARLESTON – Some members of the legal community are glad to see the possible creation of an intermediate appellate court moving through the Legislature, while others aren't.
Quicken Loans on losing end of $3 million predatory lending verdict
Jason Causey and Jim Bordas represented the plaintiffs. WHEELING – An Ohio County judge has ruled against Quicken Loans in a $3 million predatory lending case.
Wood school board settles special ed teacher's suit for $175K, sensitivity training
PARKERSBURG -– Along with payment of a cash settlement, the Wood County Board of Education has resolved a lawsuit with a special education teacher by agreeing to better train school administrators about handicap students.
WVU 'trespassing form' vague, federal judge says
Karlin CLARKSBURG -- A U.S. District judge has ruled that West Virginia University's policy of issuing "trespassing forms" is unconstitutionally vague and that one man's issuance of the form was a violation of his procedural due process rights.