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Judge rules against WVU in Teamsters' FOIA lawsuit
MORGANTOWN – A circuit judge has ruled against West Virginia University Board of Governors in a Freedom of Information Act suit filed last month by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. WVU must provide all the requested e-mail communications without redactions and is ordered to produce an index identifying the withheld documents; and provide the index and the actual documents to the court for review.
Rayle Coal Co. wants to move land damage case to circuit court
WHEELING — The defendant in a land damage lawsuit is seeking to move the case from magistrate court to circuit court.
Company accuses customer of contract breach
WINFIELD — A West Virginia firm is suing a software and engineering company to collect money they allegedly owe under a work agreement.
Justices affirm circuit court decision confirming arbitration award
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has affirmed a circuit court’s decision confirming the arbitration award in a lawsuit filed nearly six years ago. The petitioner, Ryan Cunningham, appeals from the November 2, 2011, order of Kanawha Circuit Court confirming an arbitration award and entering judgment on that award.
Supreme Court says town didn’t go against state code
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals said the Town of Granville did not go against state code when it adopted an ordinance regarding mobile homes and house trailers. Patrick Russell and Sylvia Smith appealed a March 30, 2015, order by Monongalia Circuit Court in which the court found that the Town of Granville had authority to adopt an ordinance regulating the placement of mobile homes and house trailers, according to a March 15 opinion.
AG hails CDC painkiller prescribing guidelines
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is asking insurers, medical professionals and healthcare regulators to quickly implement new opioid prescription guidelines outlined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Case against remodelers accused of fraud dismissed
WINFIELD — A Putnam County couple is suing a firm they hired to remodel their kitchen, claiming the workers lied about the project’s cost.
Storage unit company accuses renters of failing to pay lease
BECKLEY — A Tennessee firm is suing a Raleigh County business and two individuals in a dispute over rent payments for a storage unit.
Injured worker accuses firm of deliberate safety violations
BECKLEY — A Fayette County man says he suffered on-the-job injuries while working for a firm in Raleigh County.
AG's office expands federal partnership to fight drug dealers
CHARLESTON — A second attorney from West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has been sworn in as a special assistant federal prosecutor, expanding the office’s fight against the state’s drug epidemic. Chief Operating Officer and Senior Deputy Attorney General Anthony Martin received his cross designation as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney.
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Supreme Court says Putnam Co. man can't run for magistrate
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has issued an order stating that Troy Sexton cannot run for Putnam County magistrate.
Four individuals sue King Coal Trucking for vehicle accident
LOGAN – Four individuals are suing King Coal Trucking LLC after they claim one of its employees caused a car accident that injured them. Earl Jeffrey Jarrell was also named as a defendant in the suits. On April 1, 2014, Sheila Allen was operating a 2014 Mitsubishi Lancer northbound on W.Va. 10, in which Charles Hammonds, Eleanor Hammods and Lavonna Graham were passengers and was stopped at a traffic signal near Strollings, according to four complaints filed March 4 in Logan Circuit Court.
Legislature continues focus on needed lawsuit reforms
CHARLESTON – As the curtain falls on this year’s legislative session, we all should applaud the members of the West Virginia Legislature for their abilities to tackle big issues, particularly lawsuit reforms, which will move our state forward and into the national mainstream.
Worker sues Greenbrier Minerals over injury, discharge
BECKLEY — A Fayette County man is suing his former employer, claiming the company created unsafe working conditions and fired him for a workers' compensation claim.
Landowner accuses logging firm of property damage
WEBSTER SPRINGS — A Webster County woman says a logging company damaged her land by the unauthorized removal of timber.
State leaders criticize Clinton's anti-coal comment
CHARLESTON – Several state leaders are taking issue with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s comments that she would “put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” Clinton’s comment came Sunday during a town hall meeting in Columbus, Ohio.
CALA praises work of legislative session
CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group praised the West Virginia Legislature for the work done in the session that ended March 12. “We applaud the members of the West Virginia Legislature for their abilities to tackle big issues, particularly lawsuit reforms, which will move our state forward and into the national mainstream,” said Roman Stauffer, executive director of West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse. “This session they continued to focus on much-needed lawsuit reforms that wil
Former student says WVSU professor sexually harassed her
CHARLESTON – A former student is suing West Virginia State University and a professor for sexual harassment she claims she endured. Rachel Halstead was a student at WVSU in the Criminal Justice Master’s Degree program and in approximately March or April 2014, she was in the office of her professor, Samuel Swindell, to discuss coursework, according to a complaint filed March 2 in Kanawha Circuit Court.
AG's office lists most common consumer complaints for Metro Valley
CHARLESTON — At the end of the annual national Consumer Protection Week, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey released a list of the top eight consumer complaints received by the Consumer Protection Division for Cabell, Kanawha, Putnam and Wayne counties in 2015.