Archive for March, 2008
CAMC insurer won’t cover award
The Charleston Gazette
Mar 27, 2008
One of Charleston Area Medical Center’s largest insurance carriers plans to deny any coverage of a recent $25 million jury award against the hospital, if the verdict is upheld, CAMC trustees learned Wednesday.The insurance company also says the hospital would have to repay lawyer fees previously covered under the policy – [...]
West Virginia’s Wheel of Fortune
The West Virginia Record
Mar 26, 2008
CHARLESTON — West Virginia’s identity crisis has been solved. No more need for all the “Open for Business,” “Wild, Wonderful,” “Almost Heaven” schizophrenia.When you get down to it, Vanna White’s smiling pose on our highway signs, official Web sites, road maps, travel brochures and other tourist literature best captures Mountain [...]
Verdict punishes patients, CAMC motion says
The Charleston Gazette
Mar 23, 2008
One of Charleston Area Medical Center’s largest insurance carriers plans to deny any coverage of a recent $25 million jury award against the hospital, if the verdict is upheld, CAMC trustees learned Wednesday.The insurance company also says the hospital would have to repay lawyer fees previously covered under the policy – [...]
Lawsuit Aftermath
The State Journal
Mar 07, 2008
Harrison Judgment Draws Attention to Medical Monitoring, West Virginia Justice
SPELTER – Rod Tenney has spent most of his life living under the shadows of a zinc smelting operation in this Harrison County community.His grandfather worked at the plant, as did most men in Spelter. Growing up, Tenney would spend hours playing [...]
The Big Verdict State
The West Virginia Record
Mar 07, 2008
$404 million in Roane County against Columbia Natural Resources.$251 million in Harrison County against DuPont.
$219 million in Brooke County against Massey Energy.
The numbers are stunning. And put in perspective, they still are.
The three largest 2007 jury verdicts in West Virginia, it turns out, are also among the largest in America.
The [...]
Facing Suit, Bridgeport Doctor No Longer Missing
The State Journal
Mar 06, 2008
A Bridgeport-area radiologist who was missing for months has reappeared and is asking a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit against him that alleges RICO and civil conspiracy, racketeering and fraud. Dr. Ray Harron, who made a name for himself as an expert lung X-ray reader in asbestos and silicosis lawsuits, [...]
Group wants lawmakers to follow Mississippi’s lead
The West Virginia Record
Mar 03, 2008
CHARLESTON – Recent scandals may not make Mississippi seem like much of a legal role model, but a West Virginia legal reform group would like to see its state take some of the same measures.Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse thinks West Virginia’s Legislature should emulate a sunshine law geared towards state [...]
