News from December 2017
Former Prime Lab Collections Inc. employee files sexual harassment complaint
BECKLEY – A Beckley woman only identified by her initials alleges she was subjected to sexual harassment while working for a medical facility.
Former Raleigh General Hospital employee alleges she was terminated because of age, gender
BECKLEY – A Raleigh County woman alleges she was wrongfully terminated from her job at Raleigh General Hospital.
Suit filed against GM, Greg Lilly Auto Sales over car fire
BECKLEY – An estate administrator is seeking damages after a car fire burned her decedent.
Woman alleges she was falsely accused of stealing from Dunham's store
BECKLEY – A woman currently incarcerated at the Lakin Correctional Center in West Columbia alleges she was falsely accused of shoplifting.
Individual alleges New Martinsville property purchase was falsely advertised as two parcels
NEW MARTINSVILLE – A New Martinsville resident alleges he was induced to purchase a property based on material and false representations.
Sears Monument alleges former bookkeeper made unauthorized transfers
CHARLESTON – A Charleston headstone fabrication and sales company alleges a former employee made unauthorized transfers that she concealed.
West Virginia would be hard hit with loss of DACA
NEW YORK — Data about the impact of immigrants and the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA) on West Virginia's economy is part of today's iMarch for Immigration, a 50-state campaign calling for a congressional solution to the impasse over the measure also known as the DREAM Act by year's end.
Our state Supreme Court justices hold us in contempt
State Senate President Mitch Carmichael's call for a constitutional amendment to give the Legislature authority over the state Supreme Court's budget is gaining support daily as details emerge regarding its extravagant expenditures.
Protecting your personal information from identity theft
CHARLESTON – As the holiday season approaches, it becomes increasingly important for consumers to exercise caution to protect financial information.
Programs to receive more than $20 million for drug addiction treatment
CHARLESTON – Treatment programs across the state will receive more than $20 million in funding to be to keep the drug addiction treatment programs running.
Former Social Security disability attorney captured in Honduras
CHARLESTON – A former Social Security disability attorney who defrauded the Social Security system of more than one-half billion dollars has been captured in Honduras.
Panel chooses Cleveland district judge to handle opioid MDL
WASHINGTON – Multi district judges consolidated 155 opioid suits from 25 courts on Dec. 5, and chose District Judge Dan Polster of Cleveland to preside over them.
Opioid MDL assigned to Cleveland despite push for Charleston, Faber
ST. LOUIS – Drug distributors defending opioid suits of local governments in the court of District Judge David Faber in Charleston wanted Faber to preside over opioid suits from all across the nation.
VA employee files suit over alleged inappropriate touching during physical
BECKLEY – A pharmacy technician for the U.S. Department of Veterans’ Affairs alleges she was touched in an inappropriate manner during a physical exam required for employment.
Certified nurse midwife accuses WVU Hospitals of defamation
MORGANTOWN – A certified nurse midwife alleges she lost her job at a Pennsylvania medical facility because of defamatory information supplied by her former employers.
Widower alleges Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. unlawfully refused to pay benefits
FAYETTEVILLE – An Oak Hill widower alleges an insurance company wrongfully denied him life insurance benefits.
Couple seeks damages from Shaft Drillers International, employee after collision in Raleigh County
BECKLEY – A Fayetteville couple is seeking damages from a Pennsylvania company and its Rowlesburg employee after an auto accident in Raleigh County.
West Virginia again finds itself on Judicial Hellhole watch list
WASHINGTON – For a second consecutive year, West Virginia finds itself on the Watch List of the American Tort Reform Association’s annual Judicial Hellhole report.
State groups react to West Virginia's spot on Judicial Hellhole Watch List
CHARLESTON – Two groups with vested interests in the state’s civil justice system had opposite but expected views to the latest Judicial Hellhole report.
Florida tops tort reform group's list of ‘Judicial Hellholes,' while California No. 2
California, City of St. Louis Circuit Court, New York City’s asbestos court and Philadelphia round out the American Tort Reform Association’s top five this year.