News from April 2013
Poca sewer line has damaged home, woman claims
WINFIELD – Claiming she has literally taken crap from a Putnam County municipality for the past 25 years, a resident is demanding some compensation.
Former Cabell home confinement officer says pregnancy caused problems at work
HUNTINGTON – A Cabell County woman is alleging being pregnant got her fired as a home confinement officer.
Renick mayor sued over plan to sell dump truck
LEWISBURG – Two officials in a Greenbrier County municipality are accusing the mayor of attempting to improperly sell town property.
Fourth Circuit says no conflict of interest in law firm's appointment
CHARLESTON – A federal appeals court has found no conflict of interest in a bankruptcy trustee’s appointment of a law firm that represented another party in a separate debt collection action against one of the bankrupt partnership at issue's general partners.
Notice of Removal filed in U.S. Bank National Association lawsuit
CHARLESTON – A Notice of Removal has been filed in a lawsuit against U.S. Bank National Association after the defendant claims the case meets the $75,000 threshold to remove it to federal court.
Former employee sues Nursing Care Management of America for wrongful termination
CHARLESTON - A former employee is suing Nursing Care Management of America Inc. after he claims he was wrongfully terminated from his employment.
Man sues Kroger for injuries
CHARLESTON - A Kanawha County man is suing Kroger Limited Partnership I for injuries he claimed he sustained while at its Charleston location.
Former Summers County sheriff, deputy still owe attorneys fees in civil rights suit
BECKLEY – A judge has ruled a former Summers County sheriff and his chief deputy are not only still on the hook for damages awarded in a former deputy’s civil rights lawsuit, but also her attorney’s fees.
Woman sues CAMC for father's suicide
CHARLESTON - A woman is suing Charleston Area Medical Center Inc. after she claims it is responsible for her father's death.
No one fires the wife of Darrell McGraw without lawsuit battle
Whatever happened to that guy who used to be our state attorney general – you know, the one that served five terms? What was his name again? Magoo? MacGyver?
CIVIL FILINGS: Kanawha County
April 2
CIVIL FILINGS: Cabell County
April 8
CIVIL FILINGS: Monongalia County
April 11
Supreme Court rules Ill. court lacked jurisdiction over W.Va. resident
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has refused to grant full faith and credit to a default judgment obtained against a West Virginia resident in an Illinois court.
Supreme Court says plaintiff's testimony lacked detail
CHARLESTON – The state’s highest court has affirmed a circuit court’s award of summary judgment to Grafton Truss and Panel Company in a case in which an employee blamed the company for allowing employee misconduct that led to his injury.
Wrongful death suit against driver, Erie Insurance seeks $1.5M
HUNTINGTON - A lawsuit against Erie Insurance Company in which the plaintiff is seeking $1.5 million in future lost wages has been removed from Mason Circuit Court to federal court.
Nabors Industries suit removed to federal court
CLARKSBURG - A Monongalia County case involving Nabors Industries Ltd. has been removed to federal court.