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Former SC Justice Maynard running for Congress
2/1/2010 10:15 AM By John O'Brien -Statehouse Bureau

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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - Former West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Elliott "Spike" Maynard announced Monday that he is running for Congress.

Thornsbury resists stepping down in water case
7/24/2009 1:26 PM By Justin Anderson
WILLIAMSON - Mingo Circuit Judge Michael Thornsbury says allegations that he is biased in a case involving hundreds of county residents who accuse Massey Energy of poisoning the water supply with coal slurry are baseless.

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Plaintiffs ask Thornsbury to step aside
7/20/2009 6:30 PM By Justin Anderson -Kanawha Bureau
WILLIAMSON - Plaintiffs in a huge lawsuit accusing Massey Energy of poisoning drinking water with coal slurry want the presiding judge to step aside from the case.

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Mingo couple suing over drug's side effects
3/25/2009 10:45 AM By Justin Anderson -Kanawha Bureau
WILLIAMSON - A Mingo County couple is suing a physician and the makers of a drug used to treat reflux, alleging the companies concealed the risk of side effects and the physician failed to recognize the wife was suffering from two of them.

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Mingo bus crash case settled out of court
6/14/2007 11:00 AM By Cara Bailey -Kanawha Bureau
WILLIAMSON - A multi-million dollar lawsuit between the driver of a tree-trimming truck and students on a Mingo County school bus the truck collided with has been settled out of court.

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Students in Mingo bus wreck file multimillion dollar suit
4/11/2006 11:32 AM By Chris Dickerson -
WILLIAMSON -- Eight victims of a Mingo County school bus accident last week and their families have filed a multimillion lawsuit claiming the driver of the other vehicle was under the influence of drugs and that his employer knew about it.

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