Supreme Court reinstates race bias award in railroad case
The West Virginia Supreme Court on July 3 reinstated a $64,823 back pay and benefits award to 17 black former and current railroad workers in Bluefield. The ruling upheld that the United Transportation Union and UTU Local 655 engaged in discriminatory practices, continuing a pre act bias through seniority rules that kept blacks in inferior positions.
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Charleston
W.va
Supreme Court
Bluefield
State Human Rights Commission
United Transportation Union
UTU
Circuit Court
Thomas E. McHugh
Sam R. Harshbarger
HRC
Norfolk & Western Railway
N&w
Hospital Is Sued Over Wrong Drug Death in Bluefield Case
A Tazewell County man sues Bluefield Community Hospital and Dr Thomas E Richardson for 9 million dollars alleging his son died from a wrong drug injection during hospitalization on December 16 1980 The suit seeks 3 million in compensatory damages and 6 million in punitive damages The plaintiff Wiley H Williams Sr administrator of the estate also accuses BCH and the physician of negligence The case was filed in Federal Court in Bluefield Also a separate jury verdict against Kroger Bluefield Plaza awarded 60 000 to Larry Kinzer and 15 000 to his wife reduced for 20 percent contributory negligence Net awards were 48 000 and 12 000 The Kinzer suit involved a slip on broken cooking oil in 1978 and a back surgery in Richmond Va The Raleigh County man Bill E Owens pleaded guilty in Federal Court to methaqualone conspiracy The plea halves potential prison term and reduces fines to 15000 plus a 50000 donation to the Richmond VA Drug Dependence Program Owens and others face Aug 4 trials and furtherPhoenix indictments are noted
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Tazewell County
Bluefield
Bluefield Community Hospital
BCH
Thomas E. Richardson
Wiley Howard Williams, Sr
Boissevain
Wiley Howard Williams, Jr
Charleston
Gerald R. Lacy
Kroger
Bluefield Plaza
Larry M. Kinzer
Mary Kinzer
Kinzer
Richmond
Princeton
Edwin Wiley
David Burton
Robert
Bobby) Richardson
J. Peter Richardson
Raleigh
Beckley
Las Vegas
Bill E. Owens
Flat Top Lake
U.S. District Court
William Kidd
Owens
Owens Manufacturing
Veterans Administration Hospital
Richmond Hospital
West Virginia
Charles R
Chuck) Willis
Bruce Coronet
Beckley Laboratory
Willis
Coronet
Raleigh County
Phoenix
Divorces and power outage hit Mercer County area
Mercer County Circuit Court recorded June divorces for numerous couples including Ralph Wayne Lambert and Florence Fay Lambert and Barbara Kay Shrader Whitley and Marvin Lee Whitley. Separately, residents from Lilly Grove area near Princeton lost power for over two hours due to a broken line, with over 100 customers restored as crews rerouted service and a fix expected today.
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Mercer County
Ralph Wayne Lambert
Florence Fay Lambert
William C. Harman
Anita Gay Harman
William Joseph Kelly
Linda Gail Kelly
Barbara Kay Shrader Whitley
Marvin Lee Whitley
Sheila Fay Quesinberry
Princeton
Here
Glen Lyn
Appalachian Power Company
Lilly Grove
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Luefield Daily Telegraph
Human Rights Commission
UTU Local 655
Union
Harshbarger
Williams
Charlottesville
Courthouse News
Ofs
Hills
Hills Department Store
Blue Prince Plaza
Princeton Rd
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