News from January 2018
Three-judge panel to hear Yeager Airport landslide
CHARLESTON – A three-judge panel is set to hear the Yeager Airport landslide cases later this week.
122 Raleigh Heart Clinic lawsuits removed to federal court
BECKLEY – More than 100 of the recent lawsuits filed against Raleigh Heart Clinic have been removed to federal court.
Senate Judiciary continues to discuss intermediate appeals court bill
CHARLESTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee continued to discuss a bill to create an intermediate court of appeals in West Virginia at a meeting on Jan. 30.
Ogden Newspapers bids almost $11M to buy Charleston Gazette-Mail
CHARLESTON – A Wheeling-based newspaper company has bid almost $11 million to buy the Charleston Gazette-Mail and its assets, according to court documents.
Kay Casto & Chaney adds three attorneys to new Martinsburg office
MARTINSBURG — Kay Casto & Chaney is opening the firm's next chapter in its 95-year history with a new office in Martinsburg.
Connection Nightclub at Snowshoe Mountain patron alleges employee injured her
MARLINTON – A North Carolina woman alleges she was injured by a nightclub employee during a visit to Snowshoe Mountain.
Superior Steam Cleaning & Sand Blasting allegedly owes more than $25,000
BECKLEY – A Bradley company is alleged to have failed to pay a Kentucky corporation despite demands.
Consumer claims Crossroads Chevrolet failed to apply down payment to vehicle after voided purchase
BECKLEY – An Alkol woman is accusing a Mount Hope car dealership of fraud after she purchased a vehicle there.
IOGA director: Oil and natural gas key to state's future
MORGANTOWN – Charlie Burd, executive director of the Independent Oil and Gas Association of West Virginia believes “investments in the efficient exploration, drilling, production and transporting of oil and natural gas and its by-products present the one best and greatest hope for West Virginia and its citizens.”
S & M Used Automobiles and Mobile Home Sales Inc. alleged to have damaged home during setup
PRINCETON – A couple is seeking rescission of their purchase of a home from a Princeton company over allegations it was damaged during setup.
Radon Medical Imaging Corp. alleged to owe more than $27,000 for equipment
&&& HUNTINGTON – A medical equipment company alleges a Cabell County business failed to pay for delivered equipment.
Consumer claims she does not owe amount to Midland Funding
CLARKSBURG – A Morgantown consumer claims debt collectors misrepresented the character, amount or legal status of an alleged debt.
Property owners claim Subway Real Estate, Little General Store failed to pay rent
PRINCETON – The owners of a Princeton property allege that former tenants breached the lease.
General Assurance of America claims Arch Insurance Co. unlawfully charged $120,000
HUNTINGTON – A Virginia corporation alleges a New York corporation unlawfully charged it in a legal matter that occurred in a West Virginia court.
Surface and Veneri LLC alleges KR Enterprises failed to pay rent for space in Southview Mall
PRINCETON – A company that leases commercial real estate in Bluefield alleges a tenant failed to pay rent.
Property owner claims HERC Oil and Gas failed to timely exercise rights under agreement
CLARKSBURG – A Ritchie County property owner is seeking a recordable release of a memorandum from a Kentucky company.
Let's make our state more appealing
How can you not like something that's inherently appealing? Like an appeals court. Not the state Supreme Court we already have, but an intermediate appellate court in-between our state's supreme and circuit courts. Like the appeals courts that exist in our federal judicial system and in all state judicial systems but those of West Virginia and eight other outliers.
State agencies must be prepared for the worst
CHARLESTON – Serving 21 years as an intelligence officer in the United States Marine Corps taught me one thing; always be prepared for the worst.
Morrisey attacks Gazette-Mail for managing editor's 'offensive' tweet
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is blasting the Charleston Gazette-Mail for a social media comment he called “false, biased and offensive.”
Insurance company alleges improper installation of waterline system at well lead to leak of fracking fluid
CLARKSBURG – An insurance company is seeking more than $600,000 from a Bridgeport company after a leak of fracking fluid at a well in Morgantown.