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Oil & Gas Blog -Nuisance Claims
ClockSeptember 29th, 2015 By

Oil & Gas Blog -Nuisance Claims

 Picture this scenario, you just built your dream house on a beautiful piece of property in the country side. Some of your favorite things about the property are the view of the beautiful rolling hills from your deck, the fact that you can allow your children to run free around...

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What is a Blog?
ClockSeptember 28th, 2015 By

What is a Blog?

 At the risk of showing my age and my complete lack of technological savvy, I readily admit I thought the word “BLOG”, was an acronym. I could not figure out what it was an acronym for, so I spent 30 minutes searching the internet trying to determine what the word...

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Oil and gas owners who can’t sign a lease. What are Executive Rights?
ClockSeptember 25th, 2015 By

Oil and gas owners who can’t sign a lease. What are Executive Rights?

 There are fair amount of mineral owners in the Ohio Valley area who might own a 100 percent interest in their mineral rights, or a share in minerals rights held by their family, but who are unable to execute a lease for those rights.  I am not talking about lands...

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Steel City Big Pour
ClockSeptember 24th, 2015 By

Steel City Big Pour

 I recently attended the Steel City Big Pour, a craft beer and food festival held at Construction Junction. This year marked the ninth year that the event has been held, and from the reviews of attendees, it sounded like this year’s event was the best yet. With more than 40...

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The Situation
ClockSeptember 23rd, 2015 By

The Situation

 Each and every day brings a new series of challenges, surprises, joy, sadness and many unpredictable events that can activate all sorts of emotions. Sometimes we find ourselves anticipating what we believe tomorrow may bring and then tomorrow comes and the situation for that day has you wondering how things...

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Juror Bill of Rights
ClockSeptember 22nd, 2015 By Geoff Brown

Juror Bill of Rights

 I just received notification that I will be called for jury duty. Given what I do for a living, I probably won't be selected, but I would gladly serve if needed. Other than our judges, trial attorneys like me probably know better than anyone how valuable jury service really is....

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Anatomy of a Lawsuit and the Reasons It Can Take a While
ClockSeptember 21st, 2015 By

Anatomy of a Lawsuit and the Reasons It Can Take a While

 For any of us unfortunate enough to have to file a civil lawsuit, we know all too well the truth of the familiar refrain “the wheels of justice turn slowly”. Indeed, it can be quite frustrating, and borderline maddening at times, to be embroiled in litigation over a just cause,...

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Fighting back against Oil and Gas Operations on Your Land
ClockSeptember 18th, 2015 By

Fighting back against Oil and Gas Operations on Your Land

 Many people in West Virginia do not own the minerals under their property. They only have what we call “surface rights.”  Surface rights allow us to live on and use the surface of the land, but do not include ownership interests in items such as coal, oil and natural gas. ...

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Horsing Around
ClockSeptember 17th, 2015 By

Horsing Around

 It wasn’t long ago that my wife, Brenda, and I were discussing vacation plans. Where could we go to “unplug” for a few days? We considered a couple of old favorites.  Years ago we went to a rustic campground in the mountains.  We also considered Sugar Creek, Ohio, nestled in...

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The Greatest Time of Year for Sports Fans
ClockSeptember 16th, 2015 By

The Greatest Time of Year for Sports Fans

 What a great time of year to be a sports fan. It's that unique time when baseball races to the pennant at the same time football gets back underway. We are particularly lucky this year in the Ohio Valley given that many of our local teams at the high school...

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$50 Million

Verdict in Nursing Home Abuse and Wrongful Death case
$36.5 Million

Settlement in Toxic tort case
$20.5 Million

Verdict in Workplace Discrimination case
$18.5 Million

Settlement in Toxic Tort case
$18 Million

Settlement in Workplace Injury and Wrongful Death case
$16.9 Million

Verdict in Premises Liability case
$11.8Million

Settlement in Wrongful Death/Insurance Bad Faith case
$11.5 Million

Settlement in Truck Accident case
$10 Million

Verdict in Insurance Bad Faith case
$9.1 Million

Verdict in Medical Malpractice and Wrongful Death case
$8 Million

Settlement in Strict Liability case
$8 Million

Settlement in Truck Accident case
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