News from May 2016
Customer accuses McDonald’s manager of filing false police report
GLENVILLE – A Gilmer County man is suing a McDonald’s manager and the store’s franchisee over claims he was wrongfully arrested for disorderly conduct.
Woman who reported sexual assault at work says she was forced to resign
FAYETTEVILLE – A Fayette County woman says she was forced to resign from her job at a hospital after reporting a co-worker for an alleged sexual assault.
Couple's lawsuit blames driver of fire truck for injury accident
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County couple's lawsuit targets the city of Charleston and a firefighter for an accident that allegedly left the husband severely injured.
Resident blames nursing home operators for alleged systemic abuse
CHARLESTON – A 29-year-old Kanawha County man is suing a skilled nursing facility over allegations he suffered abuse and neglect as a resident there.
Woman says former employer broke wage agreement
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman is suing her former employer for allegedly failing to honor an employment contract.
Son brings wrongful death suit against father’s nursing home
CHARLESTON – An Ohio man says the neglect and abuse his father allegedly suffered at a nursing home is a result of a pattern of mismanagement, understaffing and reckless negligence on the part of its operators.
Prisoner blames correctional staffers for hand paralysis
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man is suing several West Virginia agencies over claims their correctional staffers used excessive force on him while he was in custody.
Former inmate accuses jailers of using excessive force
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man is suing West Virginia correctional officials and personnel over claims of brutality.
Putnam Co. woman sues State Fair for eye injury from dart game
CHARLESTON – A Scott Depot woman is suing the West Virginia State Fair after she claims she suffered an eye injury while attending the fair.
Woman sues CrossFit Never Give Up for wage payment violations
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing CrossFit Never Give Up after she claims it violated the West Virginia Wage Payment & Collection Act. Never Give Up LLC is also known as CrossFit Never Give Up and CrossFit NGU, Drew Parsons and Tonya Parsons, individually and as members, officers and/or agents of Never Give Up LLC, were also named as defendants in the suit.
Ohio County woman sues Thomas Law Offices for negligence
WHEELING – An Ohio County woman is suing Thomas Law Offices after she claims its attorney was negligent with handling an estate.
Circuit judge orders court records unsealed in painkiller lawsuit
MADISON – Circuit Judge William Thompson has ordered the records unsealed in a lawsuit against drug wholesalers filed by former Attorney General Darrell McGraw in 2012.
Appellate court rules for nurses at two West Virginia hospitals
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that nurses at two West Virginia hospitals are allowed to unionize despite opposition from their employers. The court ruled in favor of registered nurses and Bluefield Regional Medical Center and Greenbrier Valley Medical Center after the nurses challenged the hospitals’ refusal to allow the National Nurses Organizing Committee to serve as their bargaining representative.
Valena Beety receives WVU law school's Significant Scholarship Award
MORGANTOWN – West Virginia University College of Law recently presented the 2015-2016 Significant Scholarship Award to a professor who published research on expanding judicial discretion as a way to balance overzealous prosecutions.
AG's office provides guidance on constitutional carry implementation
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has provided the following guidance regarding this month’s implementation of constitutional carry, recent legislation that will allow most state residents to carry concealed handguns without a permit.
West Virginia touts success during National Drug Court Month
CHARLESTON — Years of use and scientific study show drug courts in the U.S. effectively reduce drug abuse and crime, as well as save money.
Morrisey signs amicus brief in federal transgender bathroom case
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey this week joined seven other states in opposing the federal government’s push to unilaterally rewrite federal law by regulation in order to force local school districts to admit adolescents into bathrooms and locker rooms of the opposite sex.
Blankenship thanks supporters in letter before reporting to prison
CHARLESTON – Before he reported to federal prison in California, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship penned a letter to thank those who had written on his behalf before his sentencing. Blankenship was sentenced last month to one year in prison and ordered to pay a $250,000 fine for conspiring to willfully violate mine safety standards at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Raleigh County. An explosion at the mine in 2010 killed 29 miners.
Blankenship thanks supporters, says truth will be revealed
Friends, This is a too tardy thank you note for your having written a character letter on my behalf. My hope had been to write individual thank yous, but I have not found the time yet, so this a single letter to all of you. A few individuals have expressed regret that their letter didn't help since Judge Berger sentenced me to the maximum anyway. Let me assure each of you that your letter did help, and every one of them was much appreciated.
WVAJ calls out WV CALA for election money comments
CHARLESTON – The president of the West Virginia Association for Justice is calling out comments made by the executive director of a statewide legal reform group.