Latest West Virginia Stories
LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. [NYSE: GBX] will be presenting on Thursday, May 30, 2013, at the 2013 KeyBanc Capital Markets Industrial, Automotive & Transportation Conference to be held in Boston, MA. The presentation will be webcast live, beginning at 1:05 p.m. EDT, on Thursday, May 30, 2013 and can be accessed from the Greenbrier website at www.gbrx.com. To access the webcast and supplemental slides, register at the "Webcasts"...
In October 2012, C8 Science Panel Linked C8 Pollution Discharged from DuPont’s Washington Works Plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia, to Numerous Illnesses, Including Kidney Cancer. Columbus, OH (PRWEB) May 21, 2013 Wright & Schulte LLC, an experienced personal injury law firm representing the victims of toxic exposures, announces they have filed a DuPont C8 lawsuit on behalf of an Ohio woman who developed kidney cancer, allegedly due to exposure to C8-tainted drinking water...
ATLANTA, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding businesses in West Virginia that working capital loans are still available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations affected by the severe storms and high winds between June 29 and July 8, 2012. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110909/DC65875LOGO) "Businesses that suffered...
Wright & Schulte LLC, an experienced personal injury law firm representing victims of toxic chemical exposure is investigating lawsuits filed on behalf of Ohio and West Virginia residents who have allegedly been exposed to C8 contamination from DuPont’s Washington Works plant located near Parkersburg, WV. Columbus, OH (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 Wright & Schulte LLC reports on four Dupont C8 lawsuits filed the same week in Athens County Common Pleas Court in Ohio against chemical...
ST. LOUIS, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- A near-complete defense victory capped more than 15 years of work by a Thompson Coburn Consumer Products trial team for client Lorillard Tobacco. Five major tobacco companies were named in the case, filed by 700 West Virginia smokers who tried to establish they were harmed by using tobacco. On May 15, a jury deliberated less than four hours before entering a defense verdict on all but one of the six claims filed against the tobacco companies....
ST. LOUIS, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Arch Coal Foundation today announced that 16 recent high school graduates have been chosen as 2013 Arch Coal Scholars. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120727/CG47668LOGO) The Arch Coal Scholars program honors outstanding scholastic achievement by the children of the employees of Arch Coal and its subsidiaries. Each of this year's scholars will receive a $2,000 annual scholarship to an accredited college or university for...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced today that it recovered in Maryland the missing nuclear gauge a Franklin County company lost in West Virginia on May 3. The device has not been tampered with or damaged. "We are relieved that the nuclear gauge has been recovered and that no radioactive materials were released," DEP Bureau of Radiation Protection Director David Allard said. "The agency thanks the...
HARRISBURG, Pa., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and West Virginia state officials are searching for a missing portable gauge containing sealed sources of radioactive material that was lost in West Virginia on May 3, and are asking anyone with information on the missing gauge to report it to DEP. "It is critical for anyone who has information about the lost nuclear gauge to contact...
Action furthers strategic initiative to reduce capital employed and pay down debt LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., May 14, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX) ("Greenbrier" or the "Company") today announced the expected retirement of $52.9 million of the Company's $67.7 million outstanding 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2026 (the "Notes"). This action furthers Greenbrier's strategic initiatives, previously announced on April 4, 2013, which include reducing capital...
The Firm is representing clients in vaginal mesh lawsuits against Ethicon Inc., American Medical Systems, Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., and C.R. Bard, Inc. New York, New York (PRWEB) May 12, 2013 The vaginal mesh lawyers at Bernstein Liebhard LLP report that a new Order has been issued in the federal litigation established in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of West Virginia for American Medical Systems pelvic mesh lawsuits that governs the production of previously-withheld...
