News from January 2018
Murray Energy Corp., others challenge assessment of properties for 2017 tax year
MOUNDSVILLE – Coal companies have filed a petition alleging that their mineral appraisals were assessed above their true and actual value.
Promised Land Properties alleged to owe more than $100,000 for loans
PRINCETON – A Mercer County business is alleged to have failed to pay back loans in full.
Weirton Sanitary Board alleges Phoenix Services International damaged sanitary lines
NEW CUMBERLAND – A municipal agency is seeking damages after sanitary lines allegedly were damaged by a company during slag removal.
Where there's smoke, there's fire – and the Supreme Court warehouse is smoking
Judging by the way defendants plead in court cases, you'd have to conclude that virtually everyone is innocent. That's because the guilty frequently plead not guilty.
Daughter files negligence suit against Sunbridge Dunbar over mother's care
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman has filed a suit against a Dunbar nursing home over her late mother's care.
Little General manager alleges she was fired after filing workers' comp claim
BECKLEY – A Heaters resident alleges her Flatwoods employer terminated her because she filed a workers' compensation claim after she was attacked by a customer.
Patient alleges Akkary Surgery Center failed to properly monitor wound
MORGANTOWN – A Preston County woman alleges a physician and surgical center failed to monitor and/or care for her open wound.
Triad Hunter seeks injunction against solution-mining operators
MOUNDSVILLE – An oil and gas exploration company alleges it has been damaged by other companies' solution-mining activity.
Woman seeks damages from Hancock school board after bus driver strikes her in school parking lot
NEW CUMBERLAND – A Chester woman has filed suit against a school bus driver and a school board after she was allegedly injured when she was struck by the driver in a Chester elementary school parking lot.
Couple claims Williams Ohio Valley Midstream compressor site is damaging property
MOUNDSVILLE – Two residents of Proctor allege the construction and operation of a compressor site near their property has caused a diminution in property value and damages.
Man files suit againts Allstate over underinsured motorist coverage
HUNTINGTON – A Cabell County man is in a dispute with his insurer regarding the amount of damages he sustained in a motor vehicle collision with an underinsured driver.