CIVIL FILINGS: Berkeley County

Sept. 17
BB&T Equipment Finance Corp. vs. George Novak
PA - Christopher Moore; J - Wilkes
* The plaintiff claims Novak owes at least $54,637.68 plus interest in accordance with an agreement from May 19, 2006.
Case number: 10-C-760

Sept. 27
FIA Card Services NA vs. Jeanna D. Kirk
PA - Steven Mulrooney; J - Groh
* The plaintiff claims Kirk owes at least $25,203.34 plus interest in accordance with a past-due account.
Case number: 10-C-779

Sept. 28
Jack McFarlan vs. Walgreen Co. and Lenard Lamb, store manager
PA - Harry Waddell; J - Wilkes
* McFarlan claims a white supervisor at the Martinsburg Walgreens store, Tim Jeffries repeatedly used racially offensive slurs in his presence and then fired the plaintiff after he complained. McFarlan, who is black, claims he was subjected to harassment because of his race, and the defendants were aware on March 11, 2010, that discharging an employee for reporting and opposing racial harassment was an unlawful employment practice in violation of the West Virginia Human Right Act. He is seeking an amount of relief to be determined.
Case number: 10-C-790