Due to the unique construction of our country, most lawsuits end up either in state or federal court. While that may seem like little more than semantics, the truth is that this distinction makes a big difference where lawsuits are concerned. Therefore, it’s not completely uncommon to have defendants ask for their cases to be […]

When you consider all the things that could go wrong, it’s not hard to understand that hotels often find themselves on the receiving end of lawsuits. That being said, it is rare for a hotel to petition the suit to be moved to the federal level. However, that’s exactly what a hotel in Charleston is […]

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a decision concerning an appeal emanating from the Ohio County Circuity Court in West Virginia, has held that the Werner Enterprises, a Nebraska-based trucking company, was not engaged in illegal spoliation of evidence as part of an ongoing wrongful death lawsuit. Incredibly, even the trial courts in […]

A Pennsylvania Court of Appeals has reversed a Delaware County Court of Common Pleas trial court order originally awarding a student $250,000 for damages sustained as the result a school’s negligent role in a gymnasium table fall incident several years prior. The Chichester School District has originally lost a trial case filed by the student, […]

A Pennsylvania Court of Appeals has reversed a Delaware County Court of Common Pleas trial court order originally awarding a student $250,000 for damages sustained as the result a school’s negligent role in a gymnasium table fall incident several years prior. The Chichester School District has initially lost the trial case filed by the student, […]

The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, in a decision concerning an appeal emanating from the Ohio County Circuity Court in West Virginia, has held that the Werner Enterprises, a Nebraska-based trucking company, was not engaged in illegal spoliation of evidence as part of an ongoing wrongful death lawsuit. Incredibly, even the trial courts in […]

In light of being assigned a $42,000 dollars in fines and sustaining a public rebuking by OSHA in the process, Timet Corp company spokespersons offered statements concerning the ongoing engagement between OSHA and Timet Corp relating to a boiler explosion on March 27th at the company’s Caernarvon Township facility. Located at 900 Hemlock Road, the […]

On Valentine’s Day in 2014, a massive residential fire was reported in Minneapolis at the 2800 Colfax Avenue around five in the morning. Responding fire officials were directed towards a three-story duplex unit, which according to later reports, was the location where Troy Lewis and his seven children had made residence since the passing of […]

In the aftermath of an investigation begun nearly seven months ago, OSHA has fined Timet Corp. of Morgantown, West Virginia $42,000 dollars in light of a September 25th inspection of a former workplace accident site at the company, which remained unfixed despite causing the death of Jacob Lopez, age 27 of Ephrata, during a boiler […]

CW Woods Contracting Services Inc., a business with 27 years of construction industry dealings in the state of Alabama and elsewhere, has been awarded over $3.5 million in claim against the city of Birmingham for construction project related litigation stemming from proposed work in 2013. The specific project in question entailed three large-scale sites in […]