CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County

Jan. 7
Wyoma Pentecostal Church vs. Linda McCarty, Landon Stepp and Brenda Nibert
PA– R. Michael Shaw; J– Evans
* The plaintiff is seeking an order compelling the defendants, owners of the neighboring Bragg family cemetery, to remove the headstone belonging to Junior Lee Nibert that now lies on church property.
Case number: 13-C-7

Jan. 11
Russell Watterson vs. American Electric Power, Appalachian Power Company and Asplundh
PA– Steven S. Wolfe; J– Evans
* The plaintiff, an Apple Grove resident, is suing the defendants for destruction of property after he says they removed 11 pine trees on his property located 160 feet past a 150-foot right-of-way. He seeks unspecified damages.
Case number: 13-C-12

Jan. 16
Patrick Leggett vs. CADCO Heating and Cooling, Inc., Ohio Valley Bank and Mario P. Liberatore
PA– Scott Kaminski; J– Nibert
* The plaintiff is suing the defendants for breach of contract and fraudulent representation after CADCO - an Ashland, Ky.-based business - on July 31, 2011, allegedly agreed to install a heating and geothermal unit at Leggett’s residence on Burdette Addition Dr. in Point Pleasant, but failed to complete the work by the following October. On May 2, Ohio Valley Bank - a Gallipolis, Ohio-based business - and Liberatore, one of its vice presidents, released funds held in escrow to CADCO after it claimed work was progressing, the suit says. He seeks unspecified damages, court costs, attorneys fees and interest.
Case number: 13-C-14