This Just In: Berkeley County

Feb. 26
Steven W. Funt vs. West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority
PA - Pro se; J - Christopher Wilkes
* Funt, an inmate at the Eastern Regional Jail in Martinsburg, claims the jail leaders have refused to provide him adequate access to the law library, computer and photocopy services in the jail, preventing him from learning about court cases that might benefit him. He is seeking better access to the law library, as well as a weekly check by an appointed ombudsman.
Case number: 07-C-178

Feb. 27
Masters Inc. vs. American Homes by United Builders LLC
PA - Joanna Robinson; J - David Sanders
* The plaintiff claims the defendant has breached several contracts for the purchase and delivery of new home materials by failing to pay $43,345. The plaintiff is seeking that amount plus other relief.
Case number: 07-C-179

Feb. 28
Joyce Rogers vs. Unum Life Insurance Co. of America
PA - Brenda Waugh; J - Gray Silver
* The plaintiff claims the defendant failed to pay for her late husband's life insurance policy in a timely manner after he passed away on March 21, 2005. She claims the defendant was negligent and caused her to suffer emotional distress. She is seeking more than $100,000 plus other relief.
Case number: 07-C-180

Gantt's Excavating and Contracting Co. vs. American Homes by United Builders LLC, AH Rental Properties LLC, Cordell L. Hall, Tonya L. Hall, National City Mortgage Co., Joaquin Maya Flores, Araceli Trinidad De Maya, Ameritrust Home Mortgage LP, Apple Knolls LLC, BB&T Co., Wachovia Bank, Iris O. Martin, National City Bank of Indiana, Mills Farm LLC, Morningside Estates LLC, Jackson Hills at Ridgeway LLC, Randall R. Conrad II, BB&T Collateral Service Corp., Richard A. Pill, trustee, and AH Land Holdings
PA - Kenneth Barton; J - Christopher Wilkes
* The plaintiff claims defendant American Homes by United Builders LLC has breached multiple contracts by failing to pay for labor, services, materials and equipment provided in 2003, 2004 and 2005 at Apple Knolls Estates Subdivision, The Gallery Subdivision and Summer Hill Subdivision. Gantt's claims American Homes owes more than $98,620, and the plaintiff is seeking that amount plus other relief.
Case number: 07-C-181