Verdicts & Settlements

The sole purpose in posting these verdicts and settlements is to inform prospective clients of the specific civil actions we have experience handling, including the identity of previous defendants. All verdicts and many settlements are of public record. However, as all cases differ, these past verdicts and settlements are not posted to mislead, guarantee or suggest a specific result in any similar type of future civil action.

School Playground Injury (Settlement)
Stephens v. Wyoming Co. Board of Education, Circuit Court of Wyoming Co. WV, Misc Civil Action No. 13-C-168

Truck v. Car Accident (Settlement)
Ilderton v. Styline Logistics, Inc. et. al., U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 2:13-cv-1392

Industrial Accident/Deliberate Intent (Confidential Settlement)
Hedrick v. E. I, DuPont de Nemours and Company, U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-06135

Employment/Sexual Discrimination (Confidential Settlement)
Butler v. Smith Company Motor, Inc. et. al., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co. WV, Civil Action No. 12-C-2365

Employment/Breach of Contract (Confidential Settlement)
Bailes v. Smith Company Motor, Inc. et. al., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co. WV, Civil Action No. 12-C-2364

Medical Malpractice/Birth Injury (Verdict)
Robinson v. CAMC and Kanoj Biswas, M.D.,Circuit Court of Kanawha Cty., WV, Civil Action No. 88-C-3685. Mr. Chiartas served as co-counsel for the largest medical negligence verdict in WV.

Medical Malpractice/Birth Injury (Settlement)
Blair v. Rutherford C. Sims, M.D., et. al., U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 91-C-0682

Airline Accident (Settlement)
In Re: US Air Flight 427 Air Crash Near Pittsburgh, PA on September 8, 1994; U.S. District Court for the Western District of PA.; Civil Action No. MDL Docket No. 1040

Wrongful Discharge/Breach of Employment Contract (Settlement)
Peguero, et. al. v. Monterra Health Systems d/b/a Logan General Hospital, et. al., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 98-C-347, and U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Charleston, WV, Case No. 98-C-21721

Medical Malpractice/Orthopedic Injury (Settlement)
McAtee v. Gary Miller, M.D., et. al., U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 6:93-1115

Motor Vehicle Accident/Insurance Litigation (Settlement)
Mendel v. Godby, et. al., Circuit Court of Logan Co., WV, Civil Action No. 92-C-496

Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death/Failure to Diagnose Heart Attack (Settlement)
Est. of Gustav Middleton v. Frankfort Hospital, et. al., Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia Co., PA, March Term 1990, No. 1773

Medical Malpractice (Settlement)
Hicks v. Logan General Hospital, et. al., Circuit Court of Logan Co., WV, Civil Action No. 96-C-264

Federal Torts Claim Act/Motor Vehicle Accident (Settlement)
Est. of Virginia B. Hoke v. Street, U.S. District Court (N.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 92-0092-C

Federal Torts Claim Act/Medical Malpractice/Failure to Diagnose Cancer (Settlement)
Est. of Johnny J. Toler v. United States of America, U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.) Civil Action No. 2:01-1301

Wrongful Death/Insurance Bad Faith/Motor Vehicle Accident (Settlement)
Est. of Robert Wade Stover v. Burrow, et. al., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 98-C-1723

Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death/Failure to Diagnose Aortic Aneurysm (Settlement)
Est. of Herman Rakes Jr. v. Chanchai Tivitmahaisoon, M.D., Circuit Court of Logan Co., WV, Civil Action No. 96-C-145

Medical Malpractice/Failure to Diagnose Cervical Cancer (Settlement)
Bailey v. Women’s Health Center of West Virginia, Inc., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 91-C-2743

Insurance Bad Faith/Failure to Defend (Settlement)
Haynes v. Erie Insurance Group, et. al., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No.04-C-0380

Dram shop/Premises Liability/Wrongful Death/Motor Vehicle Accident (Settlement)
Est. of Dennis Lyn Gross v. Craddock, et. al., Circuit Court of Putnam Co., WV, Civil Action No. 98-C-327

Medical Malpractice/Orthopedic Injury/Amputation (Settlement)
Maynard v. K. Venkata Raman, M.D., U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 300-0575

Legal Malpractice (Settlement)
Evans v. Hoyer, Hoyer and Smith, Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 93-C-8962

Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death of Viable Fetus (Settlement)
Baisden v. Suthipan Chevathanarat, M.D., et. al., Circuit Court of Logan Co., WV, Civil Action No. 90-C-480

Motor Vehicle Accident/Dram shop/Wrongful Death (Settlement)
Est. of Alfred Darrell Mitchell v. Times Past Restaurant & Pub, et. al., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 91-C-1760

Product Liability/Defective Car Hand Jack
Est. of Vincent Shultz v. Genuine Parts Company, et. al., U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 2:89-1554

Medical Malpractice/Wrongful Death/Failure to Diagnose Diabetes (Settlement)
Est. of Joseph Donald Thompson v. Pleasant Valley Hospital, et. al., Circuit Court of Mason Co., WV, Civil Action No. 94-C-121C

Medical Malpractice (Verdict)
Barnes v. City of Parkersburg, 100 F.R.D. 768 (S.D.W.Va. 1984)

Timber/Logging Accident/Wrongful Death/Mandolidis (Settlement)
Est. of Hurst Conley v. Jeffrey C. Stevens, et. al., Circuit Court of Lincoln Co., WV, Civil Action No. 96-C-78

Trucking Accident/Wrongful Death (Settlement)
Est. of Sherry Lynn Chafin v. Est. of Ethel Whitt, Circuit Court of Wayne Co., WV, Civil Action No. 00-C-228

Misrepresentation and Fraud
Chiartas v. Bavarian Motor Works, 106 F.Supp. 2d 874 (S.D.W.Va. 2000)

Sexual Discrimination/Wrongful Termination (Settlement)
Loraine Piasezcny v. Midland Food Services, et. al., Circuit Court of Cabell Co., WV., Civil Action No. 05-C-0626

Slip & Fall/Premises Liability (Settlement)
Frances Kidd v. City of Glasgow and Paving & Resurfacing, Inc., Circuit Court Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 05-C-341

Insurance Unfair Trade Practices (Confidential Settlement)
Frances Kidd v. Clarendon National Insurance Co. and Cincinnati Insurance Co., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 05-C-341

Defective House/Misrepresentation (Settlement)
Etta Riggio v. Thompson, et. al., Circuit Court of Logan Co., WV, Civil Action No. 04-C-395

Insurance First Party Bad Faith (Confidential Settlement)
Frederick Ranson v. State Farm Mutual Ins. Co.,U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 2:07-0276

Hotel/Premises Liability (Settlement)
Mitchell Aide Jr. as parent and natural guardian of Lesley Erin Aide, a minor v. Virginia Inn Management, Inc., Circuit Court of Raleigh County, WV, Civil Action No. 93-C-127

Dog Bite/Premises Liability (Settlement)
Pamela Dohm, parent and natural guardian of Zachary Dohm, a minor v. Patricia Roush, Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 97-C-545

Dog Bite/Premises Liability (Settlement)
Shirley Estep, parent and natural guardian of Kasey Mitchell, a minor v. Gerald Overby, Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 98-C-749

Sexual Abuse (Confidential Settlement)
E.B. V. Open Door Baptist Church, et. al, Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 11-C-174

Child Abuse and Neglect (Confidential Settlement)
Holdsclaw v. West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, et. al., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co. WV/Civil Action No. 12-C-625

Medical Malpractice
Beckett v. Appalachian Pain Therapy Institute (2010) (presuit Confidential Settlement for patients who developed infections from clinic injections)

Legal Malpractice (Confidential Settlement)
Arthur v. Bradley & Albright, PLLC, et. al., Circuit Court of Wood Co., WV Civil Action No. 09-C-10

Breach of Contract/Insurance Agent Malpractice(Settlement)
Bishop Trucking, LLC, et. al. v. Jim Lively Insurance, Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 04-C-2085

Industrial Accident/Work Site Accident/Wrongful Death/Mandolidis/Deliberate Intent (Confidential Settlement)
Crump v. Appalachian Power Company, U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 3:01-0861

Amputation/Work Site Accident/Product Liability (Confidential Settlement)
Salmon v. Mayflower Vehicle Systems, Inc., et. al., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 00-C-0276

Hunting Accident/Product Liability (Settlement)
Reed v. Game Tracker, Inc., Southern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Civil Action No. C-2-90-559

Highway Construction Site Accident/Dram shop (Settlement)
Fore v. Elmo Greer & Sons, Inc., et. al., Circuit Court of Wayne Co., WV, Civil Action No. 00-C-261

Automobile Accident/Product Liability (Confidential Settlement)
Senator v. R.H. Peters Chevrolet, et. al., Circuit Court of Logan Co., WV, Civil Action No. 92-C-37

Electrocution/Work Site Accident/Wrongful Death/Mandolidis/Product Liability (Verdict and Appeal)
Nelson v. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Circuit Court of Raleigh Co., WV, Civil Action No. 91-C-1972

Highway Construction Site Accident/Mandolidis/Deliberate Intent (Verdict and Appeal)
Bell v. Vecellio & Grogan, Inc., 191 W.Va. 577, 477 S.E.2d 269 (1994); Bell v. Vecellio & Grogan, Inc. (II), 197 W.Va. 138, 475 S.E.2d 138 (1996); refined the West Virginia laws in employee injury cases.

Construction Site Accident/Wrongful Death/Mandolidis (Settlement)
Est. of Freddie D. Searls v. Carlton, Inc., et. al. Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 96-C-2346

Mining Accident/Product Liability/Wrongful Death (Settlement)
Est. of Cam Weese v. Damascus Pneumatics Corp., U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 5:96-1849

Psychiatric Malpractice/ Wrongful Death (Settlement)
Est. of Tracy Miller v. The West Virginia Dept. of Health and Human Resources, Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 94-C-1207

Industrial Accident/Work Site Accident/Mandolidis (Confidential Settlement)
Tucker v. Appalachian Electric Power Co., et. al. U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 2:04-0824

Mining Accident/Work Site Accident/Wrongful Death/Mandolidis (Confidential Settlement)
Est. of Kerry Holliday v. Alpha Natural Resources, et. al., Circuit Court of Braxton Co., WV, Civil Action No. 04-C-57

Pharmaceutical Negligence/ Auto Accident (Settlement)
Pridemore v. Leech, et. al., Circuit Court of Logan Co., WV, Civil Action No. 93-C-127-P

Veterans’ Administration/Hospital Malpractice (Settlement)
Est. of Derek Green v. The United States of America, U.S. District Court (S.D.W.Va.), Civil Action No. 5:96-1969

Medical Malpractice
McCloud v. James E. Powers, M.D., et. al., Circuit Court of Mercer Co., WV, Civil Action No. 90-CV-702-F

Breach of Employment Contract (Confidential Settlement)
Ghalili, M.D. v. Thoracic & Cardiovascular Assoc., Inc., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 06-C-209

Medical Malpractice/Failure to Diagnose Metabolic Disorder/Wrongful Death (Settlement)
Est. of Tina L. Clark v. Beckley Hospital, Inc., et. al., Circuit Court of Raleigh Co., WV, Civil Action No. 94-C-776-A

Ophthalmological Malpractice/Failure to Diagnose Ocular Cancer (Settlement)
Est. of William D. Edwards v. George V. Hamrick, M.D., et. al., Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 91-C-1464

Medical Malpractice/Failure to Diagnose Pulmonary Embolism/Lost Medical Records (Settlement)
Est. of Diane D. Harrington v. Mousa I. Dababnah, M.D., Circuit Court of Raleigh Co., WV, Civil Action No. 90-C-1070-C

Dog Bite/Premises Liability (Settlement)
Clara Yoders v. Ronald Hanlan, Circuit Court of Harrison Co., WV, Civil Action No. 90-C-88-1

Recreational Injury/Premises Liability (Settlement)
Joseph Skidmore parent and natural guardian of Joseph Skidmore, Jr., a minor v. United States Army Corps of Engineers, Circuit Court of Kanawha Co., WV, Civil Action No. 91-C-356

Sports/School Related Injury (Settlement)
Debbie Kazee, parent and natural guardian of David Hensley v. Co. Commission of Logan Co., Circuit Court of Logan Co., WV, Civil Action No. 96-C-136

Dog Bite/Premises Liability (Settlement)
Sarah Spry parent and natural guardian of Amanda Spry, et. al. v. Rick Stollings and Ace Transmission, Circuit Court of Logan Co., WV, Civil Action No. 97-C-227

Construction Design and Performance Verdict
Capitol Land, LLC v. Blacktop Industries and Equipment Company, Circuit Court of Kanawha Co. WV, Civil Action No. 08-C-2025