Archive for 'Legal News and Product Recalls' Category
May 6, 2014

In what is believed to be the first, but likely not the last, verdict of its kind, a jury has found a natural gas company responsible for $2.9 million in personal injury and property damages it caused by exposing a Texas family to harmful emissions of volatile organic compounds, toxic air pollutants and diesel exhaust […]

May 5, 2014

I awoke this past Friday morning to a Facebook post by a former colleague from my time at the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and was deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Justice Elliott “Spike” Maynard. That sadness, however, was quickly replaced by a flood of fond memories of the gentleman who welcomed […]

May 1, 2014

Mandatory arbitration clauses are mainstream and can be found buried in the fine print of virtually any consumer agreement. By virtue of buying a product or service, consumers are forced without warning to give up their right to go to court if they are harmed by the company providing the service or goods. For example, […]

Apr 29, 2014

Late last week, an audio recording was released in which the owner of an NBA team is heard making a series of racist comments to his girlfriend. The owner, who I won’t name simply because I don’t like giving even a millisecond of additional publicity to people like him, was heard telling his girlfriend that […]

Apr 28, 2014

The Mine Safety and Health Administration has finalized a regulation for how much coal dust coal miners can be exposed to while in coal mines. Reaction was swift to come from all quarters, with leaders like West Virginia Senator John Rockefeller saying the rule did not go far enough to protect our coal miners from black […]

Apr 25, 2014

Bordas & Bordas, a 16-attorney Wheeling, WV plaintiff’s litigation firm is seeking an experienced legal assistant/paralegal/secretary. Salary commensurate with experience. Excellent benefits offered. Send email with resume to receptionist@bordaslaw.com or fax to 304.242.3936 in order to apply.  

Apr 15, 2014

Join host, Jamie Bordas, and his often-called-upon guest, Chris Regan, on this week’s episode of the Bordas & Bordas Legal Review. In the wake of the gas drilling deaths in Greene County, Pennsylvania, and Belmont County, Ohio, as well as the gas explosion in Marshall County, West Virginia, Jamie and Chris discuss the dangers and […]

Apr 11, 2014

Tune in to this week’s informative edition of the Bordas & Bordas Legal Review when our host, Jamie Bordas, and his guest, Chris Regan, discuss the Supreme Court of the United States’ recent McCutcheon decision that declared unconstitutional the aggregate limits on campaign contributions that have existed as a matter of federal law for decades. […]

Mar 14, 2014

A gigantic gas explosion in Adair County, Kentucky occurred this past February 13th. The explosion was so massive that a crater 60 feet deep was left behind. Two homes were totally destroyed and two people were hospitalized as a result. The explosion has brought attention to a significant safety problem affecting all of America, that […]

Mar 10, 2014

Read the Report here: http://www.ntsb.gov/doclib/reports/2014/PAR1401.pdf