CIVIL FILINGS: Wayne County

May 5
Willis Tire Company vs. Thomas Adkins and Emaline Adkins d/b/a Kenova Tire & Battery
PA- Julie A. Warren; J- Darrell Pratt
* The defendants promised and agreed to pay Willis Tire Company for goods and services, but failed to do so. The plaintiff is seeking judgment in the amount of $54,957.11, with pre- and post-judgment interest.
Case number: 11-C-078

Rita Napier vs. Wayne County Board of Education; Puritan Services, Inc.; Ecolab, Inc.; and Does 1 through 15
PA- J. Patrick L. Stephens; J- James H. Young Jr.
* On June 3, 2009, Napier was working for the Wayne County Board of Education at the Wayne County Schools and was supplied an industrial oven cleaner. She claims while using the industrial strength oven cleaner, she inhaled its fumes and was hospitalized. Napier is seeking compensatory and punitive damages with pre-judgment interest.
Case number: 11-C-079

May 20
Allison Chapman, as parent and next friend of Audrey Chapman, a minor vs. CSX Transportation, Inc. and Greater Huntington Parks & Recreations District
PA- R. Matthew Vital, Matthew R. Oliver; J- Darrell Pratt
* On Sept. 19, 2009, Audrey Chapman was playing with friends at the Westmoreland Community Park. Allison Chapman claims there was no fence between the community park and a set of railroad tracks owned and operated by CSX Transportation. During the children's playing, a ball went flying in the air in the direction of the railroad tracks and Audrey Chapman went to retrieve the ball, according to the suit. Allison Chapman claims her daughter was then struck by a train and severely and permanently injured. Allison Chapman is seeking judgment in an amount in excess of the basic jurisdictional limits.
Case number: 11-C-098