CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County

Dec. 21
Courtney Ahlbourn v. William B. Summers
PA – Walt Auvil; J – Reed
* The plaintiff, a Parkersburg attorney, is suing the defendant, her former law partner, for failing to pay her for work performed from Sept. 1, 2010 through the time of her resignation on Nov. 3, 2011. She seeks judgment in the amount of the unpaid work, $49,556.25, along with triple damages of $148,668.75 under the state Wage Payment and Collection Act plus court costs, attorney fees and interest.
Case number: 11-C-590

Dec. 23
Robert Casto v. Justin DeWeese, individually and as an employee of the Wood County Commission and the Wood County Sheriff's Department
PA – Richard Dunbar; J – Reed
* The plaintiff, a Washington resident, is suing the defendants for injuries he sustained in an automobile accident with DeWeese at an unspecified location on Dec. 30, 2009. He seeks unspecified damages including recovery of $12,000 in medical expenses, interest and court costs.
Case number: 11-C-596

Dec. 29
Pao-Luo P. Cheng vs. E.I. DuPont deNemours and Nick Read
PA – Katherine Davitian; J – Reed
* The plaintiff is suing the defendants for age discrimination when he, after 22 years of employment, was laid off from the Teflon Research Group in 2009 at age 58. He seeks unspecified damages, court costs and attorney fees.
Case number: 11-C-602