CIVIL FILINGS: Mason County
April 8 Hollis Cole, as the personal representative of the estate of Guy Cole, vs. the Estate of Harriet Thompson PA – pro se; J – Nibert * The petitioner seeks approval of a $100,000 payout from...
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Pfizer loses bid to transfer AG’s lawsuit to MDL court
Greear HUNTINGTON – Pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer has lost its request to have the lawsuit filed against it by former Attorney General Darrell McGraw heard in a multidistrict litigation proceeding...
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Pfizer appeals remand decision in AG’s lawsuit
RICHMOND, Va. – Pfizer and its co-defendants are appealing a ruling that would remand state Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s lawsuit against them to Mason Circuit Court. On May 23, the defendants...
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Scheduling order filed in medical malpractice suit
POINT PLEASANT – A scheduling order has been filed in lawsuit in which a Point Pleasant man is suing Pleasant Valley Hospital Inc. for medical malpractice. The scheduling order, which was filed April...
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Lawsuit against Pleasant Valley Hospital dismissed
Richard Lindsay POINT PLEASANT – A lawsuit against Pleasant Valley Hospital Inc. and two physicians for medical malpractice was apparently settled and dismissed last year. On April 5, 2012, an agreed...
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Supreme Court rules against businesses arguing AG can’t hire private lawyers
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has ruled against companies that challenged the Attorney General’s Office’s practice of hiring private attorneys to represent the State. In an opinion released...
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Lawsuit against Mason County Board of Education, radio station settled
Point Pleasant High School (photo courtesy of Architectural Vision Group) POINT PLEASANT – A lawsuit against the Mason County Board of Education and Star Communications Inc. has been settled during...
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April 19 Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance, Inc. v. Yvonne D. Rickard PA – Marc Lazenby; J – Nibert * The plaintiff, a Tennessee-based business, seeks a court order granting it immediate possession of a...
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Royal Bank of Canada settles bid-rigging suit; $58K for outside counsel
McGraw POINT PLEASANT – The first of 22 banks and financial institutions named in a lawsuit brought in 2009 by former state Attorney General Darrell McGraw has reached a settlement. On April 24, the...
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Bar makes note of Musgrave’s inaction in two other complaints
Musgrave CHARLESTON – Along with disciplining him in Eshenaur case, the state Bar Association ordered Raymond G. Musgrave to pay one client $5, and warned him about his lack of communication with...
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Musgrave unsuccessful in three other suits
Musgrave POINT PLEASANT – Court records show that Raymond Musgrave not only sued two other clients for non-payment of legal fees, but also another attorney for luring one of his clients away from him....
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Mason attorney sues former clients in spite of Bar’s prior warning
Musgrave Apple Grove resident James Watterson was one of three fomer clients Raymond G. Musgrave sued in 2005 for non-payment of legal services. The suits came three years after the state Bar...
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Musgrave failed to list judgments in civil suits on bankruptcy petition
Musgrave CHARLESTON – Records show a Mason County attorney has failed to list on his bankruptcy petition judgments in two civil suits against former clients for non-payment of legal services. The...
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Additional discrepancies found in Mason attorney’s bankruptcy
Musgrave CHARLESTON – A closer examination of a Mason County attorney’s bankruptcy petition reveals he may have not only falsified information about lawsuits involving former clients, but also his...
View ArticleOne suit settled, another dismissed against former Mason doctor
CHARLESTON – Two civil suits involving a former Mason County physician have come to some sort of conclusion. On April 22, a malpractice suit Ralph Barcus brought against Dr. Jack M. Levine was “fully...
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Former Mason doc faces disciplinary action for sexual misconduct
Levine CHARLESTON – A former Mason County physician faces not only criminal charges for drug-related offenses, but also disciplinary action for alleged “sexual misconduct” with three female patients...
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One med mal suit dismissed, another filed against Point Pleasant urologist
Vaidya Westmoreland POINT PLEASANT – Despite the dismissal of one, a Mason County physician finds himself defending against another malpractice suit. On May 29, Mason Circuit Judge Thomas C. Evans III...
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Negligence led to woman’s breast cancer, suit claims
Pleasant Valley Hospital is located in Point Pleasant. Masters POINT PLEASANT – A Mason County hospital and two physicians are named in a malpractice suit alleging they failed to properly diagnose a...
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Official: Lakin criminal, civil cases are firsts
Childs POINT PLEASANT – Both a civil and criminal case arising from a former maintenance supervisor having a sexual relationship with an inmate at the Lakin Correctional Center for Women are the first...
View ArticlePoint Pleasant wrongful termination suit amended
POINT PLEASANT – Two plaintiffs have been added to a civil suit in Mason County that alleges wrongful termination. On Sept. 5, the case of Harriett Nibert v. the City of Point Pleasant and Marilyn...
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