News from June 2013
Following adverse ruling, credit card company settles with AG's office
POINT PLEASANT – One of the eight credit card companies sued by former state Attorney General Darrell McGraw has reached a settlement with his successor.
Bayer told discovery responses inadequate
WHEELING – Bayer Material Science has not been specific enough in its responses to several discovery requests made by a former employee who alleges he was fired because he has cancer, a federal magistrate judge says.
Supreme Court affirms arbitration ruling in favor of AT&T
Justices of the state Supreme Court
Dish Network, Frontier quick to fight woman's lawsuit
HUNTINGTON – Dish Network and Frontier Communications are quickly fighting back against a lawsuit filed last month by a woman who alleges they violated the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act.
Order granted Aetna's motion to dismiss in lawsuit filed by former employee
CHARLESTON - An order granting Aetna Building Maintenance's motion to dismiss was filed in 2011 in a lawsuit filed by a former employee who claimed his employment was wrongfully terminated.
WVSU lawsuit filed by former student dismissed
CHARLESTON - A lawsuit filed against West Virginia State University after a former student claimed it failed to reimburse file for classes was dismissed in 2011.
Supreme Court overrules 1923 case, defines 'surface'
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court declared that the term “surface” has a “definite and certain meaning” when used in land conveyance, overruling a 1923 case that had ruled the term was “presumptively ambiguous.”
Coal miner wins Workers' Comp for wrist injury
CHARLESTON – A coal mine worker will have his work-related wrist injury compensated after the state Supreme Court affirmed the overruling of the claims administrator by the Workers’ Compensation Board of Review.
Lawsuit against RSCR West Virginia removed to federal court, dismissed
CHARLESTON - A lawsuit involving a former employee claiming she was wrongfully fired from RSCR West Virginia Inc. was removed to federal court, where it was settled last year.
Women say Charleston Plaza Hotel is a hostile work environment
Best Western Charleston Plaza Hotel
Woman sues Alpha Technologies over final wages
WINFIELD - A woman is suing Alpha Technologies Inc. for allegedly failing to pay her final wages in a timely manner.
Sorority girls resolve court dispute
HUNTINGTON - A lawsuit involving a Sigma Sigma Sigma sister who claimed the Marshall University chapter violated sorority rules has been dismissed.
Water hose caused on-the-job injury, suit claims
CHARLESTON - A Chapmanville man is suing Speed Mining LLC for injuries he allegedly sustained on the job.
Why is everyone laughing at Louis Helmburg III?
The Chinese have an elaborate mobile launching system for their intercontinental ballistic missiles, but it doesn’t compare to the one developed by a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity at Marshall University in Huntington.