News from October 2012
Mine supply company didn't pay, suit alleges
HUNTINGTON -- High Performance Heat Treating, Inc., is suing H&W Mine Supply, Inc., after it claims it failed to pay more than $35,000 for services performed.
Woman says firing was retaliatory
CHARLESTON -- A former employee is suing Saddle Shop Road Operations, LLC after she claims her employment was wrongfully terminated in retaliation for filing a complaint.
Motorcyclist says loose cargo to blame for Ohio wreck
HUNTINGTON -- A man is suing B&R Development after he was injured in an accident while driving his motorcycle due to negligently secured cargo.
Woman says Twin Silos employee under influence of alcohol caused car accident
HUNTINGTON -- A woman is suing Twin Silos at Lavalette after she claims one of its employees caused a car accident while he was under the influence of alcohol.
McGraw doesn’t mind out-of-state interests meddling on his behalf
State Attorney General Darrell “Quick Draw” McGraw may say he doesn’t like out-of-state special interest groups interfering in West Virginia politics, but he’s willing to make an exception for outside interests meddling on his behalf.
Hunt ditches $6 million in debt through bankruptcy
CHARLESTON – Getting a new lease on life after $6 million takes on new meaning for a Charleston attorney and lawmaker
Hunt fails to disclose ’08 legal malpractice suit in bankruptcy case
CHARLESTON – Conspicuously absent from the listing of lawsuits on Mark Hunt’s bankruptcy petition is one filed against him, and another Charleston attorney by a Jackson County woman for legal malpractice.
CIVIL FILINGS: Cabell County
Oct. 5
CIVIL FILINGS: Monongalia County
October 15
CIVIL FILINGS: Marshall County
Aug. 22
Kanawha judge dismisses lawsuit contesting vaccination rule
CHARLESTON – Kanawha Circuit Judge Tod J. Kaufman has dismissed a lawsuit that opposed a new vaccine requirement for children.
Wheeling wants vacant hotel razed, not renovated, owner says
WHEELING – Instead of working with him to rehabilitate a dilapidated building, an Ohio real estate developer is accusing Wheeling officials of looking eagerly for ways to declare the building a hazard, and demolish it.
May trial scheduled for Doddridge EMS suit
CLARKSBURG – A paramedic’s personal injury suit against a Doddridge County ambulance service is slated for trial late next spring.
Cumis Insurance says former employee embezzled
HUNTINGTON – Cumis Insurance Society is suing a former employee it claims misappropriated more than $8,000.
PERSONNEL FILE: Brown joins Nelson Mullins
HUNTINGTON -- Nathan Brown has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's West Virginia office as an associate. He practices in the area of civil litigation.
Upshur sheriff candidate appeals denial of election challenge to state Supreme Court
CHARLESTON – An Upshur County attorney is taking one last shot at challenging the results of the primary election for sheriff.
PERSONNEL FILE: Power joins Steptoe & Johnson
CHARLESTON -- Steptoe & Johnson is pleased to announce that Elizabeth S. Power has become Of Counsel to the firm. Power joined the firm’s office in Charleston and will focus her practice in the area of energy law.
McGraw camp goes on offensive
Darrell McGraw Morrisey MitchellCHARLESTON – Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s reelection campaign is on the offensive, throwing the word hypocrite back at Republican challenger Patrick Morrisey.
Democratic AG group funded pro-McGraw PAC
CHARLESTON -- The Democratic Attorneys General Association apparently is the group behind the August blitz of television advertising supporting Darrell McGraw, and more seems to be on the way.