Substitute Judge Blasts West Virginia Medical Malpractice Law in 12-Page Dissenting Opinion
Posted on Saturday, July 23rd, 2011
A West Virginia circuit court judge filling in on the state Supreme Court justice has blasted the high court’s ruling last month to uphold a law that caps jury awards on medical malpractice cases.
Brooke Circuit [...]
Law Capping Damages in Medical Malpractice Passed in WV
Posted on Tuesday, July 19th, 2011
West Virginia has upheld a 2003 law capping damages for pain and suffering at $250,000 (or $500,000 in more serious cases), much to the delight of the state’s medical association. Former Governor Bob Wise (D-W. [...]
continue readingWest Va. Supreme Court Supports Jury Trials in Many Arbitration Cases
Posted on Friday, July 8th, 2011
Congress did not intend for arbitration agreements, adopted prior to an occurrence of negligence that results in a personal injury or wrongful death, and which require questions about the negligence be submitted to arbitration, to [...]
continue readingFeds Blame Gas, Dust for Deadly WV Mine Explosion
Posted on Thursday, January 20th, 2011
Federal investigators say a small methane gas ignition fueled by excessive coal dust that piled up at Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch mine caused the April 5 explosion that killed 29 miners.
The Mine Safety [...]
Judge OKs DuPont Waste Pile Settlement in West Virginia
Posted on Thursday, January 6th, 2011
Chemical maker DuPont Co. will pay $70 million and fund long-term medical monitoring for residents of a West Virginia town who sued over pollution from a zinc smelter and its 100-foot-tall pile of waste.
A state [...]
West Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Damage Cap Being Challenged
Posted on Saturday, October 30th, 2010
The legislature-imposed cap on damages in West Virginia medical malpractice lawsuits is being challenged on appeal by a couple who had $1 million of a jury’s compensation award for pain and suffering taken away under [...]
continue readingRelatives of mine blast victims to be compensated
Posted on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Massey Energy says it will provide financial packages providing health care and other benefits for the families of 29 miners killed in the nation’s worst mining disaster in 40 years.
Massey officials announced Monday that the [...]
Crews re-enter W.Va. mine to recover 9 bodies
Posted on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Searchers were back inside a wrecked West Virginia coal mine Monday to recover the last nine bodies as federal investigators prepared to map out their probe of the explosion a week ago that killed 29 [...]
continue readingMother of Man Killed By Police Files Wrongful Death Suit
Posted on Sunday, November 8th, 2009
The mother of a Charleston Man shot and killed by Charleston Police Officers has filed a lawsuit in Kanawha County Circuit Court.
Patricia Harrison told WSAZ.com Saturday night that her attorney filed a wrongful death lawsuit [...]
West Virginia Slip and Fall Injury Claim
Posted on Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Cornetta Brisco of West Virginia has filed a slip and fall lawsuit July 14 against K-Mart Corp. in Kanawha Circuit Court.
According to the complaint, Brisco was shopping at the K-mart in the Patrick Street Plaza [...]