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June 30 Randy Smith, Sheriff of Berkeley County vs. Moulding Manufacturing Inc. PA – Pamela Games-Neely; J – David Sanders * The sheriff claims the defendant failed to pay accrued personal property...
View ArticleWoman says she fell in water hole
MARTINSBURG – A Martinsburg woman is suing the City of Martinsburg after she claims she fell on a broken water meter cap. Amber Davidson filed the lawsuit July 5 in Berkeley Circuit Court, claming “the...
View ArticleMan says grease at KFC caused fall
MARTINSBURG – An Inwood man says he slipped in some grease at a KFC in Martinsburg. Doug Files entered a lawsuit July 5 into Berkeley Circuit Court against Yum! Brands, doing business as KFC. On July...
View ArticleInjured Maryland woman says she was discriminated against
MARTINSBURG – A Maryland woman says she was fired from her job as a child care worker for refusing to work more hours than her doctor allowed following knee surgery. Jennifer Gladhill filed a lawsuit...
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July 7 Rubble Bee Recycling & Demolition, LLC vs. S & A Land Acquisitions Limited Partnership/Arden; Potomac Professional Services, LLC; Fifth Third Bank; and Brian D. Gallagher, trustee PA –...
View ArticleMan sues VFW
MARTINSBURG – A Berkeley County man is suing the VFW in Berkeley Springs because it allowed a non-member to drink, leading to an automobile accident. Douglas P. Tinsman filed the lawsuit July 12 in...
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July 12 Douglas P. Tinsman, individually and as administrator for the estate of Brenda K. Tinsman, vs. Risinger-Stotler Post No. 4019 Veterans of Foreign (Wars) and Veterans of Foreign Wars of the...
View ArticleGhost writer accused of portraying psychiatrist, doctor
MARTINSBURG – A Hedgesville woman is claiming the Eastern Panhandle’s foremost authority on ghosts tricked her into thinking she was a psychiatrist and doctor. Lisa Schweiger filed a lawsuit July 26 in...
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July 24 Erie Insurance Group vs. Ashley Conner, Gary Conner and Tami Conner PA – Suzanne Williams-McAuliffe; J – David Sanders * The plaintiff claims Ashley Conner dropped a lighted cigarette in the...
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July 28 Jasin Coon vs. Thomas Rice d/b/a Thomas Roofing PA – Robert Schiavoni; J – Christopher Wilkes * The plaintiff claims he was employed by the defendant from August 2001 through December 2001, and...
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Aug. 7 Scott B. Lucas vs. Millers Electronic Co., Inc. PA – Garry Geffert; J – Christopher Wilkes * The plaintiff, who filed on behalf of himself and other employees, worked for the defendant from June...
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Aug. 16 Tiger Aircraft LLC and TFX Management Group Inc., vs. N. Gene Criss, Network Host’s Inc., and Samuel W. Miller PA – Michael Lorensen; J – Christopher Wilkes * The plaintiffs claim Criss, who...
View ArticleConsultant illegally sold company, lawsuit says
MARTINSBURG – A West Virginia company says a man it hired as a consultant sold its assets to another company. In a lawsuit filed Aug. 16 in Berkeley Circuit Court, Tiger Aircraft and TFX Management...
View ArticleMexican restaurant to blame for slip
MARTINSBURG – A Berkeley County woman says the restaurant at which she was eating is to blame for her slip and fall. Jeanne Schieferstein filed suit Aug. 17 in Berkeley Circuit Court against Viva...
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Aug. 16 Sandra L. Lechliter vs. Martin Distributing Co. Inc., and Mark Hagley PA – Harry Waddell; J – David Sanders * Lechliter claims she was subjected to sexual harassment while she worked for the...
View ArticleWoman blames Republicans for broken leg
MARTINSBURG – A Berkeley Springs woman says she broke her leg at a rally for President George Bush and is suing the Republican National Committee. Virginia Poffinberger filed the lawsuit Aug. 17 in...
View ArticleVet says violent arrest caused brain trauma
MARTINSBURG – While handing out American and Prisoner of War flags in Martinsburg, a 59-year-old man says the city’s police force arrested him and caused an injury to his brain that required surgery....
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Aug. 21 Charles White vs. City of Martinsburg Police Department and John Doe PA – Gregory Bailey; J – David Sanders * White claims he was severely injured after he received a trauma to his head when he...
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Sept. 6 Equity Homes LLC vs. Dove Enterprises Inc. PA – Jeffrey Kimble; J – David Sanders * Equity Homes claims the defendant failed to improve 125 single family lots according to a November 2004 lot...
View ArticleMartinsburg lawyer charged with murder
MARTINSBURG – The strange case of an apparently murdered woman whose decomposed and dismembered body was found in two suitcases has led to the arrest of a Martinsburg bankruptcy lawyer. Stephen...
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