THIS JUST IN: Kanawha County

Aug. 28
Stacy Alzene Peterson vs. Victoria Caskey
PA - D. Adrian Hoosier; J - Bloom
* The plaintiff is suing the defendant for injuries she sustained on Aug. 27, 2008 when Caskey assaulted and battered her at her place of employment when she refused to immediately make photocopies for Caskey and her husband. She is seeking unspecified damages.
Case number: 09-C-1573

Aug. 25
Rebecca Lynn McCallister vs. Kanawha County Public Library
PA - Ted M. Kanner and Otis R. Mann Jr.; J - Berger
* The plaintiff is suing the defendant for wrongful termination following her discharge on April 20 despite being cleared to return to work on April 11 after being on medical leave since Oct. 10. She is seeking unspecified damages, attorney fees, interest and court costs.
Case number: 09-C-1575

Property Resources LLC vs. Wiseman Construction Co.
PA - pro se; J - Berger
* The plaintiff, an Elkview-based business, is suing the defendant for work the plaintiff did in replacing the floor covering at the Verizon Building in Kanawha City in Sept. 2007. They are seeking judgment for $43,454.16, which includes the $32,423.14 in unpaid labor plus accrued interest.
Case number: 09-C-1576

Aug. 26
Jeff D. Lilly vs. Paul A. Mattox and John McBrayer
PA - J.W. Feuchtenberger; J - Stucky
* The plaintiff, a resident of Beckley, is suing the defendants, secretary of the state Department of Transportation and the state Division of Highways District 10 manager, for improperly demoting him in Sept. 2006 as Raleigh County administrator, and keeping him in a make-work position until he was injured on July 25, 2007, and unable to return to work. He is seeking unspecified damages, court costs, attorney fees and interest.
Case number: 09-C-1583

Rod D. Bradley vs. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Co. and Kathy Azar
PA - Michael A. Olivio; J - Berger
* The plaintiff, a resident of Dunbar, is suing the defendants, a New Jersey-based business, and its regional manager in Mineral Wells, for racial discrimination and wrongful termination when Azar fired Bradley on Aug. 29, 2007 after he complained to her about inappropriate remarks she made about him. He is seeking unspecified damages, interest, attorney fees and court costs.
Case number: 09-C-1584

Aug. 27
James and Dolores Hayes vs. Jerry Canterbury
PA- Marc Weintraub; J - Stucky
* The plaintiffs are suing the defendant for continuing to trespass on their property in Elkview after an independent survey on May 7 revealed the defendant was encroaching on their property . They are seeking unspecified damages, attorney fees and court costs.
Case number: 09-C-1594

Ronald Staten vs. J.C. Lee and John Doe, individually and in their capacity as members of the West Virginia State Police, the West Virginia State Police and the state Department of Military and Public Safety
PA - Michael L. Myers; J - Bloom
* The plaintiff is suing the defendants for false arrest and excessive force after he was arrested in Belle on Aug. 27, 2007. He is seeking unspecified damages, court costs and attorney fees.
Case number: 09-C-1596

Aug. 28
Jane Ann Cartwright, as personal representative of the estate of Mary McCallister, vs. Jenea Sherman
PA - Thomas H. Peyton; J - King
* The plaintiff is suing the defendant for the wrongful death of McCallister after Sherman struck and killed McCallister with an automobile near St. Albans on July 15. She is seeking unspecified damages, court costs and interest
Case number: 09-C-1597

Deloris Lucas vs. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. d/b/a Sam's Club and Sam's Wal-Mart
PA - Paul K. Reese; J - Kaufman
* The plaintiff is suing the defendant for putting her in a position to resign from her job in Oct. 2007 when the defendant would only work her reduced hours to accommodate orders from her doctor she work light duty following an injury on April 19, 2007. She is seeking unspecified damages, court costs and attorney fees.
Case number: 09-C-1600

Dolly Clifton, as the administratrix of the estate of Henry R. Clifton, vs. Braxton County Medical Center, Arturo Sabio, M.D. and Mark Waddell, D.O.
PA - Richard D. Lindsay II; J - Bailey
* The plaintiff is suing the defendants for the wrongful death of Henry on Jan. 30 from cardiac arrest. She is seeking unspecified damages, court costs and attorney fees.
Case number: 09-C-1603

Michael L. Richardson, D.D.S vs. Carl Lee Kennedy, D.D.S, Charles Andrew Kennedy, D.D.S, James Allen Kennedy, D.D.S and Kennedy Dental Office
PA - Dwane L. Tinsley; J - Berger
* The plaintiff is suing the defendants to enforce a contractual agreement they signed on Jan. 1, 1999 to have a person with the accounting firm of Simpson and Osborne, which has since been succeeded by Dixon Hughes, to serve as arbiter to resolve financial and contractual disputes following Richardson's separation from the dental practice on Sept. 21. He is asking the court to enforce the agreement, or, in the alternative, appoint a neutral arbiter, and award him court costs and attorney fees.
Case number: 09-C-1605

Rebecca Curfee vs. Jim Rubenstein, Commissioner of the West Virginia Division of Corrections, Steve Paine, superintendent of the West Virginia Board of Education, Standley Greene and David Francis
PA - Kerry Nessel; J - Zakaib
* The plaintiff is suing the defendants for being subjected to a pattern of sexual harassment, assault and abuse while an inmate at the Lakin Correctional Center of Women. She is seeking unspecified damages, court costs and attorney fees.
Case number: 09-C-1608

Aug. 31
Sharon Gunnoe vs. ManorCare Inc.; HCR Manor Care Services; Health Care and Retirement of America LLC; Heartland Employment Services LLC; Danny Davis; John Does 1-10 and Unidentified entities 1-10
PA - Michael J. Fuller Jr.; J - Bloom
* The plaintiff is suing the defendants for injuries she sustained at its Charleston facility from May 6 to June 12, 2008. She is seeking unspecified damages.
Case number: 09-C-1610

Betty Province vs. ManorCare Inc.; HCR Manor Care Services; Health Care and Retirement of America LLC; Heartland Employment Services LLC; Danny Davis; John Does 1-10 and Unidentified entities 1-10
PA - Michael J. Fuller Jr.; J - Bloom
* The plaintiff is suing the defendants for injuries she sustained at its Charleston facility from Feb. 27 to April 18, 2008. She is seeking unspecified damages.
Case number: 09-C-1611