News from February 2017
Town without pity, but not without guilt
An analytical newspaper reader can sometimes pick up things in an article that the reporter and editor may not have noticed, and that reader may even believe that the article in question communicates the opposite of what it seemed to.
Where did all of West Virginia's money go?
WHEELING – The West Virginia Capitol is a crime scene.
ALA elects Michael Bumgarner to board of directors
MORGANTOWN – The Association of Legal Administrators announced that Michael
T. Bumgarner has been elected to its board of directors. Bumgarner will serve
as an at-large director for a three-year term beginning this year.
Jenkins: Dislocated miner training bill aimed at getting state back to work
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep. Evan Jenkins (R- W.Va.) is among three Congressmen who have taken the lead on a bipartisan bill aimed at providing expanded retaining opportunities for coal miners who have become dislocated.
Defendants ask for pain pill lawsuit to be dismissed
BLUEFIELD – Three of the four defendants in one of the many lawsuits alleging drug distributors are responsible for causing the prescription drug epidemic in West Virginia have asked for a federal judge to dismiss the lawsuit.
Ky. man wins $800,000 verdict against Norfolk Southern
WILLIAMSON – A Pike County, Ky., man received an $800,000 jury verdict in his lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway Company.
Circuit judge grants stay in dog’s death sentence
BECKLEY – A circuit judge has granted a stay in the death sentence for a four-year-old whippet mix that bit two children over several months time.
Former Logan Co. student says she was sexually abused by a teacher
LOGAN – A former student is suing the Logan County Board of Education after she claims she was sexually abused by a teacher.
Putnam Co. attorney, wife hit with credit card lawsuits
WINFIELD – Two lawsuits have been filed against an attorney and his wife for failing to pay the debt on their credit cards.
Two lawsuits filed against Wheeling Rubber for car accident
WHEELING – Two lawsuits have been filed against Wheeling Rubber Products after the plaintiffs claim they were injured in a car accident due to one of the defendant’s employees.
Woman sues Hidden Valley Center for mother’s abuse
CHARLESTON – A Fayette County woman is suing Hidden Valley Center after she claims they are responsible for abuse her mother suffered while she was a resident at the nursing home.
Woman sues doctors for infection from plastic surgery
WHEELING – An Ohio County woman is suing Drs. Karl Mueller and Marjorie L. Bush after she claims the plastic surgery she received deviated from the standard of care.
Seven more lawsuits filed against Bizzack
LOGAN – Seven more lawsuits have been filed against Bizzack Construction for property damage caused by highway construction.
Morrisey provides one-year progress report on Frontier settlement
CHARLESTON — Frontier Communications has increased internet speeds for approximately 30 percent of customers impacted by its estimated $160 million settlement with West Virginia, according to the state Attorney General's office.
ACLU-WV files FOIA on execution of Trump’s immigration ban
CHARLESTON – The American Civil Liberties Union of West Virginia has filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office in Atlanta to expose how Trump Administration officials are interpreting and executing the president’s unconstitutional immigration ban.
Trump expected to sign resolution to end coal rule, McKinley's office says
WASHINGTON — The beginning of the end of the so-called "war on coal" began this week when both chambers of Congress approved resolutions to overturn the Obama-era Stream Protection Rule, the office of U.S. Rep. David McKinley, R-W.V., announced Feb. 2.
Jurors rule in favor of Subaru in lawsuit
CHARLESTON – Kanawha County jurors have ruled in favor of Subaru in a combined lawsuit filed in 2011 by three individuals killed in 2009 in a car accident.
Kelly Paving dismissed from antitrust lawsuit
CHARLESTON – Kelly Paving has been dismissed from the antitrust lawsuit filed by the City of Charleston alleging it and other asphalt and paving companies created a monopoly on the industry in West Virginia.
Woman says Wayne Co. Commission didn't warn of ice on property
WAYNE — A Logan County woman is suing the Wayne County Commission, citing that allegedly insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries.
Relative blames long-term care facility operators for resident's ailments
CHARLESTON — A Williamson woman is suing health care facility operators, alleging their negligence caused injuries to a relative.