THIS JUST IN: Cabell County

Jan. 4
Jay Lawrence Smith vs. Cabell County Emergency Medical Services and Cabell County Commission
PA- Richard A. Robb; J- David M. Pancake
* Smith is a freelance legal researcher and writer. On Oct. 21, 2009, Smith requested to be provided with the terms of a lawsuit involving the deaths of Kristy M. Crawford and her infant son, Jayden D. Crawford in pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act. He made this request to Gordon Merry, Director of Cabell County EMS and Stephen Zoeller, Manager of the Cabell County Commission, but neither will provide him with the information. He is seeking for the court to grant him declaratory or injunctive relief directing the defendants to provide him with the information.
Case number: 10-C-0001

Jan. 6
Julie Bess McGill vs. Cabell Huntington Hospital Inc.
PA- Paul E. Biser; J- David M. Pancake
* McGill resides in Huntington. She claims on Jan. 10, 2008, while she was in the second floor waiting room, the chair she was sitting in broke and she fell to the floor. She claims she suffered severe injuries; physical pain and suffering; incurred expenses for services of hospitals, physicians, home health care, physical therapy and traveling; and has suffered permanent injury. She is seeking compensatory damages.
Case number: 10-C-0008

Ultimate Health Services Inc. vs. Peter Ottaviano, D.O.
PA- Thomas H. Gilpin, Scott K. Sheets; J- F. Jane Hustead
* Ottaviano and HIMG entered into an employment agreement in 1996. On Jan. 10, 2009, Ottaviano gave notice of his resignation, which was effective April 10. According to the suit, Ottaviano's resignation triggers a purchase of his Class A Shares of HIMG, which calculated to a total of $13,151.75. Ultimate Health Services claims in Ottaviano's employment contract, he is not to do business "competing" with HIMG for two full years from his resignation. The company claims he has not followed his agreement and obtained employment in Huntington. The plaintiff is seeking monetary damages in an amount in excess of $100,000.
Case number: 10-C-0009

Jan. 8
Jeremy Bailey vs. Citibank South Dakota N.A. and United Collection Bureau, Inc.
PA- Wesley Harrison White; J- F. Jane Hustead
* Bailey claims the defendants engaged in repeated violations of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act by causing his telephone to ring repeatedly, repeated communications with him after he was represented by an attorney and unreasonably publicized disclosed and/or communicated information relating to an alleged indebtedness to various friends, relatives or family members of the consumer without request. Bailey is seeking injunctive relief to prohibit the defendants from further contact, actual damages, statutory damages, adjustment of damages for inflation, to make the finance loan void and punitive damages.
Case number: 10-C-0017

Jeremy Bailey vs. JPMorgan Chase d/b/a Washington Mutual, Inc.
PA- Wesley Harrison White; J- David M. Pancake
* Bailey claims the defendant engaged in repeated violations of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act by causing his telephone to ring repeatedly, repeated communications with him after he was represented by an attorney and unreasonably publicized disclosed and/or communicated information relating to an alleged indebtedness to various friends, relatives or family members of the consumer without request. Bailey is seeking injunctive relief to prohibit the defendant from further contact, actual damages, statutory damages, adjustment of damages for inflation, to make the finance loan void and punitive damages.
Case number: 10-C-0018

Jeremy Bailey vs. JPMorgan Chase d/b/a Chase Bank, and Valentine & Kebartas, Inc.
PA- Wesley Harrison White; J- David M. Pancake
* Bailey claims JPMorgan Chase and Valentine & Kebartas engaged in repeated violations of the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act by causing his telephone to ring repeatedly, repeated communications with him after he was represented by an attorney and unreasonably publicized disclosed and/or communicated information relating to an alleged indebtedness to various friends, relatives or family members of the consumer without request. Bailey is seeking injunctive relief to prohibit the defendants from further contact, actual damages, statutory damages, adjustment of damages for inflation, to make the finance loan void and punitive damages.
Case number: 10-C-0019