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MDL created for contamination claims over DuPont’s Wood Co. plant
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has consolidated personal injury lawsuits against DuPont involving its Wood County...
View ArticleWood County attorney suspended for health reasons
CHARLESTON – A Wood County attorney’s career is on hiatus while he recovers from a stroke. The state Supreme Court on March 28 unanimously granted a petition filed by the Office of Disciplinary Counsel...
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Feb. 15 Diane DeJesus, guardian of Sydney Kali Khan vs. Sydney Kali Khan, Deborah Khan and Krishna Khan PA– Robert S. Fluharty, Jr.; J– Waters * The petitioner, a resident of Clemmons, N.C., seeks...
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Feb. 28 Roy E. Layfield vs. Worthington Golf Club, Inc. and Gale P. Taylor PA– David M. Goldenberg; J– Beane *The plaintiff is suing the defendants for allegedly violating the state Wage Payment and...
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Feb. 28 Anita Owens vs. Dr. M.F. Anwar, Inc., Anwar Eye Center, Inc. Dr. M.F. Anwar and Josette Anwar PA – Walt Auvil; J – Reed *The plaintiff is suing the defendants for allegedly converting money...
View ArticleTwo Wood Co. women claim injuries from school bus wreck
PARKERSBURG – Two Wood County women say they are injured by a school bus driver’s inattentiveness. The Wood County Board of Education is named as a defendant in separate personal injury suits filed by...
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Panel introduces medical monitoring plan in C8 case
Deitzler PARKERSBURG – The panel created as a result of a Wood County lawsuit against DuPont has released its recommended medical monitoring protocols for individuals exposed to a chemical known as C8....
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March 15 Brent A. Napier v. Simonton Windows, Inc. and Careworks, Ltd. PA – David M. Goldenberg; J – Waters *The plaintiff is suing the defendants for wrongful termination after he was fired on May 9,...
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April 17 Melissa Morris Squires vs. John M. Butler PA – Pro se; J – Waters *The plaintiff, a resident of Belpre, Ohio, is suing the defendant, a St. Marys attorney, for breach of contract for allegedly...
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May 24 Westfield Insurance Company, as subrogee of the Wood County Board of Education vs. Melissa Gale Lott PA – Tyler G. Lansden; J – Waters *The plaintiff is suing the defendant to recover funds she...
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Former Parkersburg officer sues for wrongful termination
PARKERSBURG – A former Parkersburg Police officer is suing to get his job back. The city of Parkersburg and Police Chief Joe Martin are named as co-defendants in a wrongful termination suit filed by...
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Domestic violence agency accused of sexual discrimination
PARKERSBURG – Despite being the victim, a Wood County man alleges an anti-domestic violence service agency provided assistance to his abuser. The Family Crisis Intervention Center is named as a...
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July 11 Carissa and Daniel Hammonds vs. Peoples/Perdew, Inc. d/b/a Cawley and Peoples Funeral Home d/b/a Riverview Cemetery PA- David M. Adkins; J – Reed * The plaintiffs, residents of Stephens City,...
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Dils slow in pursuing breach suits
Dils Vanhoose PARKERSBURG – A Wood County attorney has taken no for an answer in her attempt to collect legal fees and expenses from two former clients. Records show, after filing them on May 14,...
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July 17 Tammac Holding Corporation vs. Amie Jo Dilly PA – Marc Lazenby; J – Reed * The plaintiff, a Delaware business, is seeking a court order granting it possession of property located at 164 Lake...
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State Police sue to collect unpaid bill from Wood promoter
PARKERSBURG – The West Virginia State Police allege a Wood County motocross promoter stiffed them on paying for security they provided at one of his events. The State Police on June 26 filed a breach...
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July 25 Robert M. Barglech vs. Loyal Order of the Moose Lodge #1118, Mark Mace, Elden Kerns, Jeff Morgan, Mike Swackhammer, Paul Davis, Calvin Carpenter, Howard Todd and Tony Burke PA – Charles E....
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Aug. 7 Graham Cochran vs. David Debord and the West Virginia State Police PA – Richard Dunbar; J – Reed * The plaintiff, a Parkersburg resident, is suing the defendants for injuries he received on Aug....
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Charleston attorney files first C8 personal injury suits
PARKERSBURG – A Charleston attorney has filed three personal injury lawsuits against DuPont on behalf of individuals who lived in Wood County and its surrounding areas following a Science Panel study...
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Science Panel releases final C8 exposure reports, adds new disease to list
PARKERSBURG – The litigants in the West Virginia and Ohio class action lawsuit filed the science panel’s final set of reports on Oct. 29 that conclusively link DuPont’s PFOA in drinking water to...
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Aug. 20 Margaret Snider vs. Speedway LLC PA – William O. Merriman; J – Reed * The plaintiff, a Vienna resident, is suing the defendant, a Delaware corporation, for injuries she sustained on Sept. 1,...
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Sept. 28 Kimberly and Mark Thompson vs. 21 Country Market, Inc. PA – Bradley H. Lane; J – Evans *The plaintiffs, residents of Gallipolis, Ohio, are suing the defendant, a Millwood business, for...
View ArticleWood County daycare faces lawsuit over death of toddler
PARKERSBURG – The owners of a Wood County daycare are denying they are responsible for the death of toddler in their care. Lester and Linda Rockhold are named as co-defendants in a wrongful death suit...
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Supreme Court affirms $450K punitives award
Beane CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court of Appeals has affirmed a $450,000 punitive damages award in a Wood County employment discrimination case. Laura Cain worked for REM Community Options, LLC...
View ArticleState Police revising policies as a result of settlement
CHARLESTON – The State Police has agreed to both a payout and to make certain policy changes to settle a Wirt County woman’s “sexually intrusive” warrantless arrest suit. U.S. District Judge Joseph R....
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Wood Commission settles drug court participant’s sexual harassment suit
Secoy PARKERSBURG – The Wood County Commission has agreed to settle a woman’s claim she was sexually harassed by one of her counselors in the drug court program. Wood Circuit Judge J. D. Beane on Aug....
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Sept. 21 Gregory T. Williams vs. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP d/b/a Wal-Mart, Daniel White and Waymon Cougar PA–Walt Auvil; J–Reed *The plaintiff is suing the defendants for wrongful termination after he...
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Oct. 30 Andrew Bland and D. Lindsay Aldridge vs. Dave Roberts, St. Andrews United Methodist Church, Dr. Tom McDowell and the West Virginia United Methodist Conference PA– Ginny A. Conley; J– Reed * The...
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Suit says Biomet ignored defects in hip replacement
Bell PARKERSBURG – A Wood County couple are suing Biomet after they claim it misrepresented that its M2a Magnum Hip System was safe when it had knowledge of the system’s defects. Biomet Orthopedics was...
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Jan. 9 Naomi Davis vs. Northwest Pipe Company PA– Ginny A. Conley; J– Reed * The plaintiff is suing the defendant, an Oregon corporation, for wrongful termination after she was fired on July 12 after...
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Dec. 7 City of Williamstown vs. Jason Westfall PA– C. Blaine Myers; J– Beane * The plaintiff is seeking an order declaring a dog owned by the defendant to be dangerous and euthanasia, if necessary....
View ArticleWilliamstown alleges dog is a menace
PARKERSBURG – Officials in one Wood County municipality are asking for a judge’s help in putting a collar on an allegedly vicious dog. The City of Williamstown on Dec. 7 filed suit against Jason...
View ArticleWith parental rights voided, man not subject to child support payments
PARKERSBURG – A circuit judge has ruled a Wood County family law judge erred in ordering a Parkersburg man to support a child who’s no longer his. Judge J.D. Beane on Jan. 22 granted Larry Ryan’s writ...
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Jan. 18 Marvin B. Lanham vs. Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corp. and Ivan Cao Nguyen, M.D. PA– Richard D. Lindsay; J– Reed * The plaintiff, a Washington County, Ohio, resident, is suing the defendants...
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Feb. 6 Texanna Fernandez vs. West Virginia University at Parkersburg PA– pro se; J– Beane * The plaintiff, a Parkersburg resident, is suing the defendant for breach of contract for its alleged failure...
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Parkersburg church, Methodist group respond to molestation complaints
St. Andrew’s United Methodist in Parkersburg is where two teens say in a lawsuit they were molested by one of their chaperones during a a church-sponsored “lock-in” nearly 2 1/2 years ago. Both SAUMC,...
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Feb. 15 Brown Asphalt Paving Company, Inc. vs. LCM Company, LLC, ARC 3 FEPBGWV001, LLC and Greenleaf Landscapes, Inc. PA- James R. Leach and Steven R. Hardman; J– Reed *The plaintiff is suing the...
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Fourth Circuit affirms Goodwin’s ruling in Wood Co. civil rights case
The altercation between Brian Sawyer and Deputy Jim Asbury RICHMOND, Va. – A federal appeals court has ruled a district judge did not err in overriding a jury’s verdict in favor of a former Wood County...
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Trials, town halls scheduled for C8 MDL
Brown COLUMBUS, Ohio – The first trial from a group of personal injury lawsuits filed against DuPont involving its Wood County plant is scheduled to begin in September 2015. Charleston attorney Kathy...
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Parkersburg man settles excessive force suit for $135K
Bryan CHARLESTON – A Wood County man has settled his excessive force lawsuit against the City of Parkersburg for $135,000. Jerry Seabolt agreed in August to settle his claims against Parkersburg,...
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Mexican restaurant sues insurers over fire coverage
The federal courthouse in Parkersburg PARKERSBURG – A Mexican restaurant is suing insurance companies over coverage following a fire. Las Trancas Mexican Restaurant Inc., Martin Arrellano of Vienna and...
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DuPont settles EPA allegations for $800K
CHARLESTON — The federal Environmental Protection Agency has announced that E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, otherwise known as DuPont, has agreed to settle alleged Clean Air Act violations at the...
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Four new lawsuits allege injury from DuPont’s Wood Co. plant
DuPont’s Washington Works Plant PARKERSBURG – Four personal injury lawsuits have been filed in Parkersburg federal court against DuPont over a chemical known as “C8” that was released by its Washington...
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Man loses $12M claim against City of Parkersburg
Stroebel PARKERSBURG – A lawsuit filed against the City of Parkersburg by a man who claimed the mayor and the chief of police defamed him has been dismissed from federal court. Parkersburg Mayor Robert...
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Wood Co. couple file NuvaRing lawsuit
Scott PARKERBURG – A Wood County couple have filed a lawsuit against Merck & Co. over its NuvaRing product that has become the subject of thousands of claims nationwide. Heidi and Adam Jones filed...
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Three C8 personal injury lawsuits filed
Harry Deitzler PARKERSBURG – Three more personal injury lawsuits have been filed against DuPont over a chemical known as “C8” allegedly released at the company’s Washington Works plant in Wood County....
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Another excessive force lawsuit filed against Parkersburg police
Bryan PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg police are again accused of excessive force when arresting a suspect. Officers Jay Hart and Michael Bosley are named as co-defendants in a civil rights lawsuit filed...
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Portfolio Recovery Associates sued over debt collection practices
Headley PARKERSBURG – A woman is alleging that a debt collecting company harassed her with daily phone calls. Teri Robert filed a lawsuit Nov. 22 in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of...
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Ohio man alleges ulcerative colitis caused by DuPont’s Wood Co. plant
DuPont’s Washington Works plant PARKERSBURG – An Ohio man has filed a personal injury lawsuit over DuPont’s alleged release of a chemical known as “C8” into the water system surrounding its Washington...
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Woman says Winans didn’t pay her overtime
PARKERSBURG — A woman claims her former employer failed to pay her overtime. Judith Dalton filed her lawsuit Jan. 13 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, naming...
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