News from July 2013
Logan Co. deputy accused of excessive force
CHARLESTON - A Logan County man is alleging police used excessive force when arresting him on domestic violence charges.
CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
May 28
CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
May 24
This blackjack dealer has a lot to lose
In the film Catch Me If You Can, based on a true story, Leonardo DiCaprio played scam artist Frank Abagnale, who as a teenager managed to pass himself off as a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer even though he’d had no training for those professions and simply imitated the demeanor of the men he’d seen in such positions, supplementing his personal observations with close study of TV shows like General Hospital
Owner of chicken farm makes case against EPA
CLARKSBURG – Now that a federal judge has decided he wants to rule on the issue, the owner of a Hardy County chicken farm is making her case.
Court affirms ruling for employer in case of fatal truck accident
CHARLESTON – The personal representatives of two men who were killed when the tractor-trailer they were operating crashed and burned were unsuccessful in their appeal of a partial summary judgment decided in favor of the defendants in the lawsuit they filed.
CIVIL FILINGS: Kanawha County
June 14
EPA tells D.C. Circuit to let permit decision stand
The Spruce No. 1 Mine.Photo courtesy of Vivian Stockman/www.ohvec.org. Flyover courtesy of SouthWings.org.
PERSONNEL FILE: Flaherty Sensabaugh attorneys recognized in Super Lawyers
CHARLESTON - Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso is pleased to announce that 10of the Firm’s lawyers are included in the 2013 class of West Virginia Super Lawyers, with six lawyers included as West Virginia “Rising Stars.”
West Virginia Record headline shown on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
The Tonight Show host Jay Leno laughs at a West Virginia Record headline during the July 8 broadcast.
Nursing home settles wrongful death suit against it
Heartland of Martinsburg
Man says Garrett Tire failed to pay more than $25,000
CHARLESTON - A man is suing Garrett Tire Corp. for failing to pay more than $25,000 owed to him.
Ohio man sues Neiswonger & White for legal malpractice
CHARLESTON - A man is suing Neiswoger& White Law Offices for failing to properly and diligently pursue and litigate a lawsuit filed on his behalf.
CIVIL FILINGS: Cabell County
June 21
Pharmacy dismissed from Actos/bladder cancer case
Patterson's Drug Store in downtown Martinsburg.
PERSONNEL FILE: Bowles Rice has 21 named in Super Lawyers
CHARLESTON - Twenty-one Bowles Rice attorneys were selected for inclusion in the 2013 Super Lawyers Magazine for Virginia and West Virginia. The recognized lawyers practice in nine different areas of law, including energy and natural resources, banking, business litigation, construction litigation, employment and labor, employment litigation, mergers and acquisitions, real estate and tax.