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Memorial awarded $5M in lawsuit against Camden Clark

PARKERSBURG – A federal jury found Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corp. liable for one count each of civil conspiracy and vicarious liability and awarded Memorial Health System $5 million in compensatory damages. The verdict was reached Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in Wheeling following a trial that began Aug. 5. “Memorial Health System is pleased that after a decade of investigation and appeal a jury has found Camden Clark Medical Center guilty of conspiracy and vicarious liability against Marietta Memorial Hospital,” the health ...

Lawsuits in fatal fire combined, Gold dismissed as defendant

PARKERSBURG – A judge granted a motion to consolidate two lawsuits arising from the same fatal 2023 fire and dismissed an individual defendant. Wood County Circuit Court Judge Jason Wharton heard a number of motions Monday regarding a civil case resulting from a 2023 fatal fire that claimed ...

Records – Wood Magistrate, May 19

PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports on May 19: * Edwin Hugh Douglass, 12960 Dronfield Ave. 280, Sylmar, Ca, was arraigned on charges of intimidation of and retaliation against a witness and held on a $200,000 cash bond. * James Ryan Andrews, 957 Grantsville Road, Little Hocking, was arraigned on two counts of violation of a protective order and held on a $3,000 surety bond. * Shadd Eugene Gilbert, 1006 Moore Ave., Parkersburg, was arraigned on a reckless driving charge and released on a $1,000 personal recognizance bond. * Bryson ...

Records – Wood Magistrate, May 25

PARKERSBURG – Wood County Magistrate Court recently released the following reports May 25: * David Evan Wildman, 135 Whispering Pines Court, Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of shoplifting and no insurance and released on a $2,000 personal recognizance bond. * Vanessa Lynn Allen, Parkersburg, was arraigned on a charge of domestic battery and held on a $3,000 surety bond. * Patrick Jon Oliver, 94 Dixie Lane, Parkersburg, was arraigned on charges of failure to use turn signal, obstruction and two counts of possession of a controlled substance and was released on a $4,000 personal ...

Ohio woman accused of shooting daughter enters insanity plea

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - A Belmont woman accused of killing her 1-year-old daughter last week pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on Friday. Autum Sky Palmer, 20, also known as Autum Stotelmyer pleaded Friday morning in Belmont County Common Pleas Court where she is charged in the ...

Parkersburg dismissed as defendant in lawsuits over fatal 2023 fire

PARKERSBURG – The City of Parkersburg has been dismissed from two lawsuits stemming from a fatal fire at a downtown building that had been the subject of litigation over efforts to inspect the property prior to the 2023 blaze. The cases are proceeding against organizations and one ...