News from April 2013
Transportation Dept. to pay $30K to settle EPA allegations
PHILADELPHIA – A $30,000 penalty will be paid by the West Virginia Department of Transportation to settle alleged violations of underground storage tank regulations at 10 facilities operated by the department’s Division of Highways.
Without drug test results, man awarded Workers' Comp
CHARLESTON – If a man’s employer wants to claim he was under the influence of drugs when he was injured on-the-job in a vehicle accident, it needs to include drug test results, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
Court says Unit Owners Association an adequate representative in Star City case
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has ruled on six certified questions regarding the relationship between condominium owners and their unit owners association in a lawsuit alleging damages against various individuals and corporations involved in the construction and sale of the condominiums.
Country Inn & Suites hit with slip-and-fall lawsuit
CHARLESTON - A man is suing Country Inn & Suites by Carlson for injuries he allegedly sustained at its Elkview hotel.
Woman blames surgeon for perforated bowel
CHARLESTON - A woman is suing her surgeon after she claims he failed to perform all the indicated pre-operative testing and caused her injuries.
Commission narrows search for two circuit judges
Judge Donald Cookman was sworn in as a state senator on Jan. 31. From left, Judge Cookman, Paula Cookman and now-retired Twenty-Sixth Judicial Circuit Judge Thomas Keadle.
Sanctions against AEP affirmed in case over fatal accident
CHARLESTON – In a ruling that doesn’t come as a surprise for those who watched oral arguments, the state Supreme Court has affirmed court-imposed sanctions against American Electric Power.
AIDE to hold fourth annual conference in Huntington, Charleston
HUNTINGTON - The Appalachian Institute of Digital Evidence will hold its fourth annual conference in April and will hold part of it in Huntington and part in Charleston.
Mike Enyart & Sons, Miss Utility of West Virginia settle negligence lawsuit
CHARLESTON - A lawsuit against Mike Enyart & Sons Inc. and Miss Utility of West Virginia Inc. was settled and dismissed in April 2012.
BE&K Construction lawsuit settled
CHARLESTON - A lawsuit filed by a former employee against BE&K Construction Company LLC was settled dismissed with prejudice five months after it was filed in 2011.