Charleston, West Virginia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.


On June 10, 2021, David Lee Bumgarner was charged in a single count indictment as a Felon in Possession of a Firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2). He filed a motion to suppress evidence on September 22, 2021, and the Court he... More...    $0 (10-24-2023 - WV)

Martinsburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony transportation of a firearm.

Martinsburg officers were called to Jason Lee Gordon’s home in Rio, West Virginia, for a welfare check and destruction of property complaint reported by his girlfriend. Gordon, age 36, left the home shortly after officers were dispatched. When officers arrived on sc... More...    $0 (08-09-2023 - WV)

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally having an assault rifle and tampering with a witness to cover up the crime.

Charles Raymond Wable, 62, was found guilty by a federal jury after a two-day trial. Wable, a person prohibited from having firearms because of prior drug convictions, was under supervision by the U.S. Probation Office. ... More...    $0 (04-13-2023 - WV)

Wheeling, West Virginia embezzlement criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Cindy Shearer, age 58, who was charged with r embezzling nearly $350,000 from her previous employers.

Shearer pled guilty to one count of “Wire Fraudâ€� and one count of “Filing False Income Tax Returnâ€� in September 2020. From April 2013 until the end of 2019, Shearer was employed as the office manag... More...    $0 (02-03-2021 - WV)

Elkins, West Virginia felony firearms possession criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Jay Jay William Hedrick, of Petersburg, West Virginia who was charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm.

Hedrick, a person prohibited from having a firearm because of prior felony convictions, admitted to having a .40 caliber pistol, a 9mm pistol, and a .17 caliber rifle ... More...    $0 (12-14-2020 - WV)

Charleston, West Virginia felony gun possession criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

Michael LeRose, 32, of Nitro, West Virginia was charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

LeRose pled guilty and admitted that on June 9, 2020, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant... More...    $0 (11-14-2020 - WV)

This case involves a consolidated trial of four products liability cases that are each part of a multidistrict litigation encompassing over twenty-five thousand total cases. The jury returned verdicts for the plaintiffs, awarding over $4 million to each. Defendant Boston Scientific Corporation asserts that the consolidation itself rendered the trial unfair, disputes two evidentiary rulings, claims... More...    $0 (02-14-2018 - WV)

Clarksburg, WV - Two men convicted of mail fraud

Two West Virginia men pled guilty today to mail fraud.

Dallas Lewis, age 55, of Clarksburg, pled guilty to one count of “Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud.” Lewis admitted to conspiring with others to file false insurance claims from staged motor vehicle accidents. Lewis would then receive a portion of the insurance settlement in eac... More...    $0 (05-28-2017 - WV)

Alexander purchased a home for his elderly father in Murrells Inlet, South Carolina. After his father was released from a second hospitalization, he did not return to the house. Alexander neglected to pay the regime fees on the home and subsequently the homeowners' association's attorney informed him that a lien had been placed against the house.
The homeowners' association initiated a forec... More...    $0 (11-06-2015 - WV)

On August 23, 2013, Mr. Noel was driving through the streets of downtown
Bluefield, West Virginia, when Bluefield Police Officer K.L. Adams (“Officer Adams”), who
was patrolling those streets in a police car, pulled out behind him. Mr. Noel then turned onto
a side street, and Officer Adams continued his patrol route. Shortly thereafter, Mr. Noel
exited a side street in front of... More...    $0 (11-06-2015 - WV)

Appellant Michael L. White was charged with crimes related to the intentional burning of a two-unit duplex that he owned and managed and to his recovery of insurance proceeds from the fire. Following a jury trial, White was convicted of conspiracy to commit arson and mail fraud, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 844(i), 1341 (Count 1); aiding and abetting arson, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 2(a), 844(i) (Count 2); an... More...    $0 (11-17-2014 - WV)

1. Under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227, et seq., a caller responding to a classified advertisement is not making a “telephone solicitationâ€� in violation of the Act, provided the purpose of the call is to inquire about or offer to purchase the product or service advertised, rather than to encourage the advertiser to purchase, rent, or invest in property, goods or servi... More...    $0 (09-29-2011 - WV)

The defendant below and appellant herein, Shirley Blaniar Luke (hereinafter referred to as “Ms. Lukeâ€�), appeals from an order entered December 18, 2007, by the Circuit Court of Harrison County. By that order, the circuit court denied Ms. Luke's motion to alter or amend judgment and motion for a new trial. In the underlying case, the circuit court entered judgment as a matter of law in favor of... More...    $0 (09-24-2009 - WV)

In the three cases now before the Court, we are asked to examine two areas of the law which – surprisingly – we have never directly and comprehensively addressed. The first area of the law we consider involves Section 2 of the Federal Arbitration Act (“the FAAâ€�).1 We are asked to consider its preemptive effect on West Virginia’s nursing home laws. These cases involve arbitration clauses ... More...    $0 (06-29-2011 - WV)

The corporation of Harpers Ferry, appellant/defendant below (hereinafter “the Cityâ€� or City Councilâ€�) appeals from an order of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County denying its motion to alter or amend a judgment. The circuit court’s order denied the City’s request to alter or amend a prior order awarding Ralph Taylor, appellee/plaintiff below (hereinafter “Mr. Taylorâ€�), attorney’s... More...    $0 (05-26-2011 - WV)

The West Virginia Medical Imaging and Radiation TherapyTechnologyBoard of Examiners (“Boardâ€� or “Appellantâ€�) appeals the March 26, 2010, order of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, which reversed the Board’s Final Administrative Order suspending for two years Appellee Kenneth A. Harrison’s license to practice medical imaging and radiation therapy technology in the State of West Vi... More...    $0 (05-26-2011 - WV)

This action is before this Court upon the appeal of Independence Coal Company, Inc., (hereinafter “Independenceâ€�) from two orders of the Circuit Court of Boone County entered on September 22, 2009, denying Independence’s renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law or, in the alternative, for a new trial. The orders were entered following a jury verdict finding Independence negligent and a... More...    $0 (04-28-2011 - WV)

In this case, police officers executed a late-night, no-knock entry into a family’s home. Though the officers claim that exigent circumstances justified their conduct, we agree with the district court that the remarkably scanty rationale offered for the no-knock invasion makes an award of qualified immu- nity inappropriate. With respect to the denial of qualified immunity on plaintiffs’ other ... More...    $0 (01-14-2011 - WV)

The appellant, Donna F. Wilson, (See footnote 1) ex-wife of appellee, Leon Hunter Wilson, appeals the June 4, 2009, order of the Circuit Court of Berkeley County. In that order, the circuit court denied Ms. Wilson's motion for reconsideration (See footnote 2) of the court's March 25, 2009, order which reversed the November 21, 2008, final divorce order of the Berkeley County Family Court and rem... More...    $0 (11-23-2010 - WV)

This appeal arises from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Tucker County, West Virginia, in a case between the appellant, Leeorr Rosier (hereinafter referred to as Mrs. Rosier), and her son, the appellee, Robert Lee Rosier. Mrs. Rosier brought the action against her son as the widow of Stearl Rosier and as the Executrix of his estate. At issue is the ownership of bank accounts, farm machinery, ... More...    $0 (11-23-2010 - WV)

In this appeal from the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, we are asked to examine a construction loan by a bank to build a new house. The plaintiff - the owner of the new house - asserted that the defendant bank had a duty, in contract and in tort, not to distribute any money from the loan to the contractor building the house until the house had been inspected and the inspector had confirmed that ... More...    $0 (09-16-2010 - WV)

This case involves a claim by two former coal miners, Gregory Parsons and David Boothe, to collect retirement health benefits allegedly owed to them by Power Mountain Coal Company ("Power Mountain"), a coal operator in West Virginia. Under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement to which Power Mountain was a signatory, a coal operator is responsible for the health benefits of certain miners... More...    $0 (05-05-2010 - WV)

This appeal centers on communications between the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") and a telecommunications company, in which the company allegedly lobbied DOJ to take its side in litigation with a client of law firm Hunton and Williams, LLC ("Hunton"). The district court upheld DOJ’s decision to deny Hunton’s request under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (2006), ("FOIA") for... More...    $0 (01-04-2010 - wv)

This class action securities fraud lawsuit arises out of improper accounting by Royal Ahold, N.V., a Dutch corporation, and U.S. Foodservice, Inc. ("USF"), a Maryland-based Ahold subsidiary. The misconduct of Ahold and USF is not disputed in this appeal; at issue is the liability of Ahold’s accountants, Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte U.S.") and Deloitte & Touche Accountants ("Deloitte Netherla... More...    $0 (01-05-2009 - WV)

This case is before us on certified questions and presents the issue of whether, upon the destruction of the real property included in a life estate, a remainderman is entitled to the proceeds from a fire insurance policy that the life tenant applied for and purchased. Upon our careful consideration of this issue, we determine that under well-established principles of contract law a remainderma... More...    $0 (04-20-2007 - WV)

The State of West Virginia sued Warrick Pharmaceuticals for fraudulent inflating the average wholesale price of albuterol, an inhalant used to treat asthma. The plaintiff alleged that Warrick defrauded the state and violated the state Consumer Protection Act by providing a "bogus" average wholesale price of albuterol to FirstData Bank. That price is the amount that the State paid to pharmacies... More...    $0 (12-09-2005 - WV)

Appellants Leon Richards and Elaine Richards appeal from the August 28, 2001, order of the Circuit Court of Fayette County granting summary judgment to Appellees Roy Kees and Allstate Insurance Company ("Allstate"). At issue below was whether the transmittal of a $200 check by Allstate to Mr. Richards and the cashing of that check, which contained words indicating that it was in final settlement o... More...    $0 (11-07-2002 - WV)

Jerry A. Berardi (hereinafter referred to as "Mr. Berardi"), Betty J. Berardi, and Bentley Corporation, plaintiffs below/appellants (hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Berardis"), seek reversal of a summary judgment granted to Meadowbrook Mall Company, an Ohio Limited Partnership, and the Cafaro Company (hereinafter referred to as "Cafaro Company"), an Ohio Corporation, defendants below/... More...    $0 (11-07-2002 - WV)

Curtis Adkins filed suit against Labor Ready, Inc. and Labor Ready Mid-Atlantic, Inc. (collectively "Labor Ready") alleging violations of federal and state labor laws. Labor Ready responded with a motion to compel arbitration based on an arbitration agreement signed by Adkins. The district court granted the motion, Adkins v. Labor Ready, Inc., 185 F. Supp. 2d 628 (S.D.W. Va. 2001), and dismis... More...    $0 (09-03-2002 - WV)

About a month prior to Mr. Helm's final divorce hearing in April 1996, Mr. Barber asked Mr. Helm to retain him to re... More...    $0 (06-07-2002 - WV)

About a month prior to Mr. Helm's final divorce heari... More...    $0 (04-11-2002 - WV)

Interference of Sale - This case arises out of a previous civil action instituted by the Runners in 1990 to prevent the Cadle Company from foreclosing on property they owned in Collier County, Florida. Following a non-jury trial held on January 27, 1992, the circuit court awarded the Cadle Company a judgment against the Runners in the amount of $7,016.00. The circuit court also ordered that a lien... More...    $12555000 (12-09-1998 - WV)

Government Liability - Jail Suicide. 26-year-old DUI arrestee committed suicide while in custody. Decedent apparently made suicidal remarks to his jailers who failed to screen him for medical or psychological problems and did not check his regularly.... More...    $0 (07-26-1996 - WV)