News from April 2019
Webinar on intellectual property available for entrepreneurs, business owners
Financial Poise's latest on-demand webinar titled IP-101, sponsored by EisnerAmper, encourages founders and entrepreneurs of blooming businesses to get educated on all things intellectual property.
Working With Experts webinar planned for April 24
The Working With Experts course will soon be available for Financial Poise Webinars' Newbie Litigator School’s Winter/Spring 2019 session. It will take place Wednesday, April 24 from 1-2 p.m. Central Standard Time.
Thrasher expected to enter governor's race
MORGANTOWN – Woody Thrasher, who Gov Jim Justice forced out as Commerce Secretary last year, is said to be seriously considering running for Governor. Thrasher won’t comment on his possible candidacy, but the smart money is on him getting in the race.
Electrician alleges he was terminated in retaliation by Blue Creek Mining for taking paternity leave
CHARLESTON – A Raleigh County man alleges that he was terminated by his Kanawha County employer after the birth of his child in retaliation for taking time off.
Supreme Court reverses lower court decision, says former police chief rightfully fired
CHARLESTON — The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals ruled that former Belle police chief Darrick Cox was rightfully terminated from his position after an investigation.
S.C. woman files suit against Quality Inn of Summersville after allegedly slipping on ice
SUMMERSVILLE – A South Carolina woman alleges that she was injured after slipping on a layer of ice at a Summersville hotel.
Putnam Co. man claims Dodge pickup truck has problems that have not been repaired
WINFIELD – A Winfield man is seeking damages after he purchased a truck he believed to be in good working condition that allegedly was not.
Rocky Branch consumers allege Beneficial West Virginia inflated valuation of mobile home
LOGAN – A Rocky Branch couple alleges they were victims of predatory lending.
Persinger & Associates alleges it is owed more than $600K for work on Chapmanville school
LOGAN – A Charleston construction company alleges that it was not paid for work on a school building.
Nationwide claims it has no duty to indemnify Fenwick construction company in suit
FAYETTEVILLE — An insurance company claims that it is not obligated to indemnify a Fenwick construction company in a suit filed against it by two clients.
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF WEST VIRGINIA: United States Attorney's Office Gets $50,000 of Elderly Scam Money Returned
United States Attorney Mike Stuart announced that his Office recently facilitated the return of $50,000 to an elderly scam victim in Florida.
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF WEST VIRGINIA: Jefferson County pharmacist ordered to pay more than $335,000 for filling fake prescriptions
David M. Wasanyi, a former Martinsburg and Charles Town, West Virginia pharmacist, was ordered to pay $335,670 in civil penalties for filling prescriptions in violation of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, United States Attorney Bill Powell announced.
ORRICK: Orrick Named a Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality
Orrick earned a perfect score in the 2019 edition of the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s annual Corporate Equality Index and Best Places to Work survey.
Morrisey, other AGs worried federal plan would weaken opioid prescription limits
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and other AGs are expressing concern that a draft pain management directive could weaken restrictions on the prescribing of opioid painkillers, something Morrisey has pushed for in West Virginia.
Son of former Logan Center patient files wrongful death suit over father's care
LOGAN – A Kentucky man alleges a Logan nursing facility failed to provide a safe environment for his late father and has filed a wrongful death suit.
Truck driver alleges Dingess Lumber's unsafe worksite caused fall, shoulder injury
PHILIPPI – A Randolph County couple alleges that an unsafe worksite in Summersville resulted in the husband's shoulder injury.
Fayette County alleges Seminole West Virginia Mining Complex caused contamination of groundwater
FAYETTEVILLE – Fayette County has filed a suit against the operator of an underground coal mine in the county over allegations the facility has caused the contamination of groundwater.
Kentucky woman alleges LINA wrongfully denied claim for long-term disability benefits
HUNTINGTON – A Kentucky woman alleges that her long-term disability application was wrongfully denied.
Coal miner alleges Cottingham & Butler Claims Services wrongfully suspended benefits
WELCH – A McDowell County man employed as an underground coal miner alleges his workers' compensation benefits were wrongfully suspended.
MCNEER HIGHLAND MCMUNN VARNER: Sellers of blood-thinner drug to settle about 25,000 suits for $775M
The sellers of the blood thinner Xarelto have agreed to pay $775 million to settle about 25,000 lawsuits claiming the companies failed to warn the drug can cause potentially fatal bleeding.