CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County

July 15
David K. Smith vs. Joe E. Miller, commissioner for the West Virginia Division of Motor Vehicles
PA – Matthew Clark; J – Nibert
* The petitioner is asking the court to compel the respondent to restore his driving privileges following an unlawful checkpoint the State Police conducted on July 9, 2009, in which Smith was arrested and charged with DUI, and Miller issued an order after the state legislature passed a bill vesting all power of license suspension in the newly created Office of Administrative Hearings.
Case number: 10-C-77

July 20
Roger S. Tompkins and Shelley Bonecutter vs. Alipio and Julissa Yabar
PA – R. Michael Shaw; J –Nibert
* The plaintiffs are suing the defendants, residents of Arlington, Va., for breach of contract in failing to clean up water damage two buildings the plaintiffs were leasing from the defendants on 512 and 514 Main Street sustained that the plaintiffs were operating as the Muddy Waters Tavern. They seek unspecified damages, court costs and attorney fees.
Case number: 10-C-70