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Dismissal of attorney bankruptcy could give green light to suit filed by doctor
Danny Westmoreland POINT PLEASANT – A Mason County doctor who alleges his attorney forged his signature on a 2004 settlement check, may receive his day in court if the attorney’s current bankruptcy...
View ArticleMusgrave bankruptcy of little concern to special prosecutor
POINT PLEASANT – The special prosecutor appointed to investigate allegations of forgery committed by a Point Pleasant attorney says neither his bankruptcy filing nor his brother’s position in state...
View ArticleWelders blame manganese fumes for injuries
POINT PLEASANT – Welders claim in a Mason County suit that their work caused neurological injuries. Thomas Wilson of Humphrey and Associates in Charleston filed the suit June 30, on behalf of welders...
View ArticleAttorney having trouble locating defendants in car wreck case
POINT PLEASANT – James Jeffrey Martin of Eskdale sued three people over an auto accident, but his attorney cannot identify one defendant and cannot find another. Martin filed suit in Mason County...
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Dept. of Corrections not liable for fall
Bob Martin POINT PLEASANT – A Mason County jury recently denied the $1.3 million request of a former nursing director at Lakin Correctional Facility who says she fell when she tried to sit on a chair....
View ArticleGiatras serves car wreck suit
POINT PLEASANT – Attorney Troy Giatras of Charleston said he has served a suit on a defendant that at first he could not find. In June, Giatras received a 45-day extension to serve a Mason County...
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Case against Mason attorney may see action soon
Westmoreland POINT PLEASANT – The beginning of the end may be in sight for a civil suit and criminal charges a Mason County doctor has against a Point Pleasant attorney with the doctor considering a...
View ArticleNone indicted in Mason County forgery case
POINT PLEASANT – At least for now, no charges will be brought against anyone suspected in the forgery of a settlement check owed to a Mason County physician. Wood County Prosecuting Attorney Ginny...
View ArticleNew owners invest big in Mason County alloy plant
NEW HAVEN – Though one chapter in the saga of a Mason County alloy plant may be closed, the legal legacy involving its previous owner, in many instances, remains literally an open book. About 150...
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Recent suits blame Mason school board for fall, flood
This former elementary school on Main Street in Point Pleasant now houses the offices of the Mason County Board of Education. A civil suit filed earlier this year alleges it was also the site of where...
View ArticleMason malpractice case dismissed a day after parties agree to discuss settlement
POINT PLEASANT – After first ordering the parties to discuss a settlement, the judge hearing a malpractice suit between two Mason County physicians has ordered the case dismissed. Kanawha County...
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Hospital defends against malpractice, competition
POINT PLEASANT – A Mason County hospital finds itself involved in two civil actions, one filed against it and a local physician for malpractice and another filed by it in opposition to a competing...
View ArticleHenderson man copes with medical, legal pains
HENDERSON – Dr. Danny R. Westmoreland is not the only Mason County resident who alleges he was permanently injured by a Point Pleasant urologist. Frank Eugene Meadows of Henderson, says he also was...
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Mason doctor seeks reconsideration of dismissed malpractice suit
Vaidya Westmoreland POINT PLEASANT – A Mason County physician’s motion to reopen his recently dismissed malpractice suit hinges on whether the judge agrees a certificate of merit is an absolute...
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Appeal in dismissed Mason malpractice case raises constitutional issue
Vaidya Westmoreland CHARLESTON – An appeal of a dismissed Mason County malpractice case may provide the state Supreme Court an opportunity to decide on not only the constitutionality of requiring...
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Suits pending against contractor for county ambulance garage
The current home of the Mason County Emergency Ambulance Service Authority in Point Pleasant. POINT PLEASANT – Despite pending lawsuits against them for alleged shoddy work and unpaid taxes for other...
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Proper role of Mason ambulance service debated in 2000 lawsuit
In 2000, the Mason County Emergency Ambulance Service Authority seized the property belonging to the New Haven Emergency Medical Service squad. Though NHEMS won a court battle in the seizure of its...
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Point Pleasant doctor negligent in Mason couple’s injuries, suit alleges
Vaidya POINT PLEASANT – A Point Pleasant urologist is again a defendant in a lawsuit. Only this time he is being sued for alleged negligence on the highway, and not in the operating room. In addition...
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Point Pleasant candidates silent on lawsuits
Signs like this one in support of councilman-at-large candidate Gary Cotton on the corner of Jackson Avenue and 26th Street are beginning to sprout up in Point Pleasant in preparation for the upcoming...
View ArticleSecond Mason malpractice case challenges MPLA
POINT PLEASANT – Following the lead of a Mason County physician, an Ohio man has brought a malpractice suit against a former Point Pleasant doctor, now living and working in Illinois, without filing a...
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