CIVIL FILINGS: Wood County
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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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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