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Estate representatives blame N.C. woman for man's wrongful death
MORGANTOWN – The personal representatives of an estate are suing a North Carolina woman they allege is at fault for their brother’s premature death.
Elkview couple sues individuals for unreasonable search and seizure
CHARLESTON – An Elkview couple is suing 11 individuals it claims are responsible for an unreasonable search and seizure against them that occurred in 2014.
Promoter files three federal suits over unauthorized showing of UFC fights
CLARKSBURG – Joe Hand Promotions has filed three lawsuits in two federal courts claiming the defendants misappropriated licensed exhibition of a program and infringed on Joe Hand’s exclusive rights.
Morrisey seeks funds from state to fight substance abuse
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has reiterated his request that $10 million returned by his office to the state’s General Fund be used to fund drug abuse treatment and reduce the backlog of drug tests at the West Virginia State Police crime lab.
Natural gas producer wants to move contract breach lawsuit to federal court
CLARKSBURG – A gas production firm being sued for breach of contract is petitioning to move the case from state to federal court.
Prisoner accuses jailers of excessive use of force
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man incarcerated in the Western Regional Jail says he suffered assault and battery at the hands of officers while in custody.
Woman says she was fired for reporting harassment
NEW CUMBERLAND – A Hancock County woman says she was fired after telling management her supervisor was harassing her and had created a hostile work environment.
Customer accuses McDonald’s manager of filing false police report
GLENVILLE – A Gilmer County man is suing a McDonald’s manager and the store’s franchisee over claims he was wrongfully arrested for disorderly conduct.
Woman who reported sexual assault at work says she was forced to resign
FAYETTEVILLE – A Fayette County woman says she was forced to resign from her job at a hospital after reporting a co-worker for an alleged sexual assault.
Couple's lawsuit blames driver of fire truck for injury accident
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County couple's lawsuit targets the city of Charleston and a firefighter for an accident that allegedly left the husband severely injured.
Resident blames nursing home operators for alleged systemic abuse
CHARLESTON – A 29-year-old Kanawha County man is suing a skilled nursing facility over allegations he suffered abuse and neglect as a resident there.
Woman says former employer broke wage agreement
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman is suing her former employer for allegedly failing to honor an employment contract.
Son brings wrongful death suit against father’s nursing home
CHARLESTON – An Ohio man says the neglect and abuse his father allegedly suffered at a nursing home is a result of a pattern of mismanagement, understaffing and reckless negligence on the part of its operators.
Prisoner blames correctional staffers for hand paralysis
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man is suing several West Virginia agencies over claims their correctional staffers used excessive force on him while he was in custody.
Former inmate accuses jailers of using excessive force
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man is suing West Virginia correctional officials and personnel over claims of brutality.
Putnam Co. woman sues State Fair for eye injury from dart game
CHARLESTON – A Scott Depot woman is suing the West Virginia State Fair after she claims she suffered an eye injury while attending the fair.
Woman sues CrossFit Never Give Up for wage payment violations
CHARLESTON – A woman is suing CrossFit Never Give Up after she claims it violated the West Virginia Wage Payment & Collection Act. Never Give Up LLC is also known as CrossFit Never Give Up and CrossFit NGU, Drew Parsons and Tonya Parsons, individually and as members, officers and/or agents of Never Give Up LLC, were also named as defendants in the suit.
Ohio County woman sues Thomas Law Offices for negligence
WHEELING – An Ohio County woman is suing Thomas Law Offices after she claims its attorney was negligent with handling an estate.
Circuit judge orders court records unsealed in painkiller lawsuit
MADISON – Circuit Judge William Thompson has ordered the records unsealed in a lawsuit against drug wholesalers filed by former Attorney General Darrell McGraw in 2012.
Appellate court rules for nurses at two West Virginia hospitals
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled that nurses at two West Virginia hospitals are allowed to unionize despite opposition from their employers. The court ruled in favor of registered nurses and Bluefield Regional Medical Center and Greenbrier Valley Medical Center after the nurses challenged the hospitals’ refusal to allow the National Nurses Organizing Committee to serve as their bargaining representative.