Woman says she was injured at Planet Fitness due to slippery pull-up bar
WEST VIRGINIA RECORD – By Kyla Asbury | Jun 17, 2021 CHARLESTON — A Kanawha County woman is suing Planet Fitness after she claims she was injured while she was exercising. Courtney Mathes was at Planet Fitness on April 9, 2019, and was exercisi...
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Man sues Dunbar, officer for injuries from traffic stop, assault
WEST VIRGINIA RECORD – By Kyla Asbury | Feb 24, 2021 CHARLESTON — A Kanawha County man says the City of Dunbar and one of its officers caused him severe physical pain. Khristopher Tolliver claims he was driving to work as a night cleaner at Cit...
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Battery Charge Against WSAZ Meteorologist Ambriz Dismissed
CHARLESTON – Misdemeanor charges against a former WSAZ meteorologist who had been accused of assaulting a co-worker at a Charleston bar have been dismissed. The battery charge against Chelsea Ambriz, 26, was dismissed Jan. 8 in Kanawha Magistrate Court ...
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Attorney says AG’s office shouldn’t be involved in criminal proceedings
CHARLESTON – A Charleston attorney has said that Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office should not be involved in a criminal case on a county level, but that his office is denying a Boone County inmate his own inmate records, despite a signed rele...
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Deceased man’s daughters say doctors failed to treat substance dependency
CHARLESTON – The daughters of a late Chelyan man allege his physicians treated him with excessive opiate medication. Ashlee R. Hull and Misty G. Adkins, individually and as co-executrixes of the estate of John Edward Hull Sr., filed a complaint Feb. 5 i...
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Mingo Co. man blames physicians, pharmacy for wife’s death
WILLIAMSON – A man is suing Comprehensive Neurology Inc. after he claims it is responsible for the death of his wife. Dr. Iraj Derakhshan and Riverside Pharmacy were also named as defendants in the suit. The acts and omissions of the defendants were not...
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Attorneys Make their Case for Putnam Opioid Lawsuit
WINFIELD — Putnam County commissioners took their next steps Tuesday toward a potential lawsuit against drug wholesalers that flooded the state with opioids. …Pritt compared drug distributors’ actions to selling cars without brakes during...
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Man sues Smiley’s, Americas Best Value Inn for injuries from assault
CHARLESTON – A man is suing a bar and an adjoining motel after he claims he was assaulted on its premises. Smiley’s Inc. was also named as a defendant in the suit. The bar/restaurant is located in the Americas Best Value Inn motel. On March 13, 2015, ...
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Delivery man blames rental homes operators for injuries
CHARLESTON — A Kanawha County man is suing Charleston rental homes operators, alleging insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries. Rodney D. Johnson Jr. filed a lawsuit Jan. 13 in Kanawha Circuit Court against Bailey Land LLC and Currey and As...
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Shuttered WV funeral home mixed up bodies, family says in lawsuit
A woman is suing a now-shuttered Charleston funeral home, after the body of her deceased mother was mixed-up with another woman’s remains, displayed during that woman’s open-casket funeral service and then buried in the grave meant for that woman. Mar...
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