News from January 2015
Couple accuses doctors, facilities of medical malpractice
BECKLEY – A wife and husband are suing a medical facility, a physicians office and three doctors for alleged malpractice.
The main cause of concussions is bad coaching, not bad equipment
It's counterintuitive, and ironic, but the fact remains that safety improvements of all kinds can have the unintended effect of making people more reckless, thus offsetting benefits gained and making the risk of injury greater.
Looking for a solution after last year's water saga
CHARLESTON – A little more than a year ago, on Jan. 8, our 9 year-old granddaughter Emma took a sip of water at our table and immediately complained, “This water tastes funny!”
AG's office lists top consumer complaints of 2014
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recently released the list of the Top 10 consumer complaints received in 2014 by the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division.
Woman accuses ambulance authority of wrongful termination
MADISON – A Boone County woman is suing over claims she was unlawfully terminated from her job.
Woman accuses nursing home of retaliatory discharge
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman is suing over claims she was discharged after sustaining an injury at work.
Boy's hand crushed in school gate, suit claims
CHARLESTON – A Logan County man is suing over claims his son's hand was crushed in a sliding gate at a high school.
Man says he was kept in jail too long
CHARLESTON – A Marion County man is suing over claims he was incarcerated for 433 days after he was supposed to be released.
Waste Management says W.Va. Recycling owes $13K
CHARLESTON – A Pennsylvania company is suing over claims it has not been paid for services rendered to another company.
Lawyer wants Davis off nursing home appeal
CHARLESTON – One attorney has written a letter to the state Supreme Court saying he believes Justice Robin Jean Davis should recuse herself from a nursing home case because of her husband's sale of an airplane to the plaintiffs' law firm in the case.
Patent reform remains a priority on Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON – Federal lawmakers remain mum on the details of a new patent reform bill, but agree they are committed to bringing legislation to the table early this year.
Bayer age discrimination case sent to federal court
HUNTINGTON – A former employee is suing Bayer Cropscience for discriminating against him based on his age.
Woman files age discrimination suit
HUNTINGTON – A former employee claims AM East LLC terminated her employment because of her age.
PERSONNEL FILE: Brown elected partner at Nelson Mullins
HUNTINGTON – The partners of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP have elected Nathan Brown to the partnership.
PERSONNEL FILE: Four elected partners at Bailey & Glasser
CHARLESTON – Bailey & Glasser LLP is pleased to announce that the following four attorneys have been elected partners in the firm, effective January 1, 2015: Jeffrey Baron, Michael Hissam, Patricia Kipnis and Robert Lorea.
PERSONNEL FILE: Oko-ogua invited to black lawyers' group
CHARLESTON – Bailey & Wyant is pleased to announce that Suleiman Oko-ogua has been invited to join The National Black Top 100 Lawyers for the year 2015.
PERSONNEL FILE: WV CALA board elects Zobrist as chairman
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (WV CALA) has announced the organization’s board of directors has selected Greenbrier County small business owner and job creator Duane Zobrist to serve as Chairman for 2015.
UPDATE: CALA says Tomblin should have addressed legal reform
CHARLESTON – The leader of a state organization says Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin erred by not highlighting the need for legal reform in his State of the State address.
New Year's resolutions for our state Legislature
We're barely halfway through January, but it's a safe bet that most of the West Virginians self-deluding enough to make New Year's resolutions have already broken them – unless they resolved not to keep their resolutions, or not to make them in the first place.