News from February 2014
Woman files three suits against creditors
BECKLEY -- A West Virginia woman is suing three creditors for violations in trying to collect a debt.
Morrisey calls AG bill 'partisan politics'
CHARLESTON – A bill that would establish stricter rules for the West Virginia Attorney General’s office has passed the House Judiciary Committee.
AG's office to expand prescription drug disposal access
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday announced his office will partner with local law enforcement agencies across the state to help fight the state’s prescription drug abuse epidemic by expanding access to secure disposal locations for unwanted or expired prescription drugs.
Mass Litigation Panel works as 'cohesive unit'
CHARLESTON -- The chairman of West Virginia's Mass Litigation Panel says the judges have come to act as a single unit over the last 18 years.
Morrisey joins other AGs on 2nd Amendment brief
CHARLESTON — Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Monday that West Virginia has joined 18 other states in a court brief supporting of a New Jersey man’s challenge to the state’s concealed weapons permitting law.
AG's office files price-gouging suit against Hurricane business
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has filed a lawsuit against a Putnam County business that allegedly was gouging customers in the wake of last month's chemical spill that polluted the water of 300,000 residents.
Trucking company named in car wreck suit
WINFIELD -- A man is suing a truck driver for allegedly causing a collision.
Jimmy John's 'Freaky Fast' promise led to man's death, suit claims
MORGANTOWN – A national sandwich shop chain that promises “Freaky Fast Delivery” is being sued after one of its delivery drivers struck and killed a pedestrian.
PERSONNEL FILE: Karen Klein joins Moore & Biser
CHARLESTON -- Attorney Karen E. Klein has joined the Charleston law firm of Moore & Biser.
THEIR VIEW: MSHA says 100 new safety recommendations now in place
By CHARLES M. JOHNSTONE II
Using a spouse’s death as pretext for a lawsuit is not the best tribute
In certain localities, it’s legal to shoot someone who’s broken into your home, but not legal to shoot the same person if he’s still on the outside trying to break in. Waiting for a would-be intruder (and likely assailant) to gain entry before filling him full of lead doesn’t seem like the surest method of self-defense, however, and dialing 9-1-1 could be the last phone call you ever make.
AG warns of utility payment scam
CHARLESTON— West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is warning consumers about a scam in which a caller impersonates an electric or gas company representative and threatens to disconnect the customer unless they immediately make a payment.
Lawn company says Putnam Co. Parks breached contract
WINFIELD -- A Hurricane man and lawn mowing company is suing a Putnam County agency and its director after it says the agency breached its contract.
11 AGs, three organizations file briefs in Dodd-Frank challenge
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The 11 state attorneys general who are challenging 2010’s Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act filed their appellate brief Tuesday, as did three private organizations doing the same.
Liberty Square says Applebee's fighting to keep Panera from building
WINFIELD – The developer of a Putnam County shopping center is suing one of its occupants that apparently wants to keep Panera Bread from locating there.
Man says he was injured on faulty bulldozer
LOGAN -- A worker is suing his employer after he was injured while working with heavy equipment.
Grandparents accuse state, agency of foster care abuse
LOGAN -- Grandparents are suing the state child protective services and a private placement agency, alleging their grandchildren were abused while in foster care.
Logan hospital, doctor named in malpractice suit
LOGAN -- A Wyoming County couple is suing a hospital and a doctor alleging two foot surgeries were unnecessary and have caused permanent injury.
Nicholas Co. woman says doctor sexually harassed her
BECKLEY -- A Nicholas County woman is suing a physician, claiming she was sexually harassed during an exam.