AG’s office reaches $2.4M settlement with CashPoint
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey on Tuesday announced his office has reached a $2.4 million settlement with Virginia-based Dominion Management Services, which does business...
View ArticleExotic dancer sues club for labor violations
MARTINSBURG – An exotic dancer is suing Ranson Golden Horseshoe Inc. for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act. Linda Sullivan was also named as a defendant in the suit. Lisa Harvey began working for...
View ArticleMan says teaching evolution is hurting his child
MARTINSBURG – A Harpers Ferry man is using the Jefferson County Board of Education after he claims it is teaching evolution, which has caused harm to his child. State Superintendent Michael Martirano;...
View ArticleE-filing expands to Jefferson County
CHARLES TOWN – Electronic filing has expanded to Jefferson County. Skinner On Monday, attorney Stephen Skinner filed the first electronic document in Jefferson Circuit Court just after 10 a.m. A few...
View ArticleTwo men indicted on charges to commit arson of legislator’s home
MARTINSBURG – A father and son were indicted Feb. 18 by a grand jury on charges that they solicited two men to set fire to the home of a member of the House of Delegates last year in an attempt to...
View ArticleEPA praises groups for redeveloping brownfields
HUNTINGTON – The regional administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday praised six West Virginia communities and agencies for their redevelopment of brownfields throughout the...
View ArticleAG’s office reaches $1.2M settlement in auto title lender case
MARTINSBURG — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey recently announced that his office has reached a $1.2 million settlement with Fast Auto Loans Inc. and Virginia Auto Loans Inc. MorriseyAs...
View ArticleJudge dismisses defamation suit over alleged deathbed picture of Abraham Lincoln
The picture Ernestine Glessner claims is Abraham Lincoln on his deathbed. MARTINSBURG – A federal judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit brought by a woman who claims to have a picture of Abraham...
View ArticleMd. woman files suit against trucking company over Jefferson Co. crash
Buck MARTINSBURG – A woman is suing another driver after a vehicle collision in Jefferson County. Maryland resident Shountell Higgins filed a lawsuit Oct. 11 in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County...
View ArticleLong John Silver’s employee’s case over scalding water staying in federal court
Groh MARTINSBURG – A lawsuit alleging a Long John Silver’s employee tripped and scalded himself with a bucket of hot water will be heard in federal court, though a recent state Supreme Court decision...
View ArticleWelder says piece of steel caused broken leg
Snuffer MARTINSBURG – A Shepherdstown resident is suing after a workplace accident allegedly caused serious injury. Ritchie Moore filed a lawsuit on Oct. 24 in U.S. District Court Northern District of...
View ArticleJefferson Co. deputies want repaid for work with police dog
Beck MARTINSBURG – Two more Jefferson County deputies are alleging they were shorted in their paycheck for the care of their dogs. The Jefferson County Commission and Sheriff Peter H. Daugherty are...
View ArticleFired Jefferson Co. deputy files federal lawsuit
Jefferson County Courthouse MARTINSBURG – A former Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy’s dispute with county officials is once again in court. The Jefferson County Commission, the county’s civil service...
View ArticleWoman’s 15 debt collection lawsuits settled after consolidation
Skinner MARTINSBURG – A Jefferson County woman who sued Saxon Mortgage Services 15 times settled her lawsuits shortly after they were consolidated into one and removed to federal court. On Sept. 9,...
View ArticleMassage therapist sues Hillbrook Inn & Spa
Hillbrook Inn & Spa MARTINSBURG – A Jefferson County man is suing his former employer over claims of gender discrimination. Jefferson County resident Lucas Zarlengo filed a lawsuit Aug. 29 in U.S....
View ArticleCIVIL FILINGS: Jefferson County
Jefferson County Courthouse Aug. 6 Citibank NA vs. Jeffrey D. Runion aka Jeff D. Runion PA- Tyler Lansden; J- David Sanders *Plaintiff claims that defendant owes at least $16,921.43 plus interest in a...
View ArticleRacing Commission will still seek counsel from AG’s office
The track and grandstand at Charles Town Races. CHARLESTON – The state Department of Revenue has withdrawn the portion of an agreement between the Racing Commission and the Lottery Commission that a...
View ArticleTHIS JUST IN: Jefferson County
May 16 Kevin Joy, Maureen Joy, individually and as next-of-friend for Timothy Joy and Michael Joy; Darren Bryan, Laura Bryan, individually and as next-of-friend for Justin Bryan and Emma Bryan; Bobbie...
View ArticleJefferson man says he was wrongly accused of child pornography
CHARLES TOWN – A Jefferson County man has filed a lawsuit against Wal-Mart and members of the county police department after he was accused of child pornography, which he claims is wrong and damaged...
View ArticleTHIS JUST IN: Jefferson County
May 29 Winston Threadgill v. Jefferson County Board of Education, Jefferson County Panning Commission and attorney Walter Washington PA-pro se; J-Thomas Steptoe Jr. * Threadgill believes the parties...
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