International Business News - SUPCO http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif West Virginia's Supreme Court has agreed to a full review of appeals arising from a nearly $400 million judgment against DuPont. A Harrison County jury awarded the damages to residents last year, after finding the chemical giant downplayed and lied about health threats at a former zinc smelting plant in Spelter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/w-va-court-accepts-appeals-in-400m-dupont-case.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:48:09 EDT At least one West Virginia Supreme Court justice wants to hear the appeal of a nearly $400 million judgment against DuPont Co. over health threats at a former zinc smelting plant. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/supreme-court-to-hear-duponts-pitch-for-appeal.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:34:05 EDT North Dakota's Supreme Court says an oil company has to keep paying to use two former oil wells for salt water disposal. Burlington Resources had an agreement with two families to use wells on their land to dump salt water. The company paid 5 cents a gallon for disposal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080923/court-oil-firm-must-pay-for-salt-water-disposal.htm Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:53:39 EDT Attorneys for New Castle County asked the state Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a lower court ruling that resulted in a $7.5 million judgment for developers who built a hotel larger than they had proposed. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/del-high-court-hears-arguments-in-hotel-dispute.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:07:51 EDT A group of West Virginians who won nearly $400 million in damages in a DuPont pollution case urged the state Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear an appeal to include more of them in a portion of the deal that pays for restoring polluted property. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/w-va-high-court-asked-to-broaden-dupont-cleanup.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:05:49 EDT It's the West Virginia Supreme Court's turn to weigh a disputed sandstone quarry planned for a scenic area of Pocahontas County. The court is scheduled to hear oral arguments Tuesday in the state Department of Environmental Protection's attempt to reinstate its denial of Waco Oil and Gas's permit application for a 76-acre quarry near Huntersville. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080909/west-virginias-top-court-to-hear-quarry-case.htm Tue, 09 Sep 2008 12:48:52 EDT A lawsuit over North Carolina's lottery legislation finally reached the state Supreme Court on Monday, 2 1/2 years after the first ticket was sold, with lawyers for lottery critics urging the justices to agree the law generates taxes. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/nc-supreme-court-hears-lottery-lawsuit-arguments.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 17:57:30 EDT North Carolina's highest court will decide whether the Legislature approved properly a bill that created the state's education lottery. State Supreme Court justices scheduled oral arguments Monday in a lawsuit originally filed by taxpayers who sued state and elected officials. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080908/nc-supreme-court-to-listen-to-lottery-lawsuit.htm Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:21:23 EDT The Nebraska Supreme Court's ruling Friday in a sexual harassment case was believed to be its first on hostile work environments and intolerable job conditions. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080822/neb-high-court-sets-new-sexual-harassment-rules.htm Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:36:21 EDT The state Supreme Court ruled Monday a trust fund set up to help South Carolina cities and towns cover future retiree benefits is unconstitutional because it would invest in publicly traded company stock. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/court-charleston-retirement-benefit-trust-closed.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:23:38 EDT Vermont and 46 states are urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold a Vermont Supreme Court ruling that forced a drug manufacturer to pay $6.8 million to a woman whose arm had to be amputated after she was injected with one of its medications. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/states-say-judgment-against-wyeth-should-be-upheld.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:43:44 EDT The American Bar Association and other legal groups believe a West Virginia Supreme Court justice was wrong to hear a $76.3 million case involving a key booster of his 2004 election campaign. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080805/legal-groups-blast-w-va-justice-in-massey-case.htm Tue, 05 Aug 2008 10:41:02 EDT The Iowa Supreme Court is reversing a lower court's decision in a breach of contract lawsuit against Wells' Dairy Inc., the maker of Blue Bunny ice cream and other frozen products. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/iowas-top-court-reverses-ruling-in-dairy-case.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:13:34 EDT The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that the severance packages Elkhorn negotiated with its employees before Omaha annexed the smaller city are legal. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080711/court-severance-pay-for-neb-city-workers-legal.htm Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:09:12 EDT The Ohio Supreme Court says a landlord who failed to intervene in a racial dispute between two tenants is not liable for creating a hostile environment. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/ohio-court-landlord-not-liable-for-tenant-dispute.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:25:22 EDT The state Supreme Court says the family of an elderly hospital patient who died after a fall is entitled to interest on a $2 million jury award. In a ruling handed down Tuesday, the justices said a lower court judge erred in rejecting a request for prejudgment interest on behalf of the estate of Matthew Harris. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080702/hospital-to-pay-2m-in-negligence-case-in-del.htm Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:07:00 EDT The West Virginia Supreme Court has agreed to take up several issues in a case involving the state's whitewater rafting industry. The case stems from a September 2004 rafting trip. Five rafts full of Washington, D.C., office workers were taken out on the Shenandoah River, despite dangerous conditions. One rafter was killed and several others say they were injured when all but one of the rafts capsized. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080701/w-va-supreme-court-to-discuss-fatal-rafting-case.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 17:35:54 EDT Thousands of West Virginians hammered by floods that devastated southern counties in 2001 will get their day in court after all. The state Supreme Court reinstated a pair of lawsuits Thursday, including one in which a trial judge threw out a jury verdict, seeking damages from timber, mining and land companies. The ruling likewise breaths new life into related lawsuits left in limbo until the Supreme Court acted. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080626/w-va-court-reinstates-2001-flood-lawsuits.htm Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:04:19 EDT A planned 124-turbine wind farm on West Virginia ridgetops won a second round of approval Monday when the state Supreme Court affirmed a conditional permit from the state Public Service Commission. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080623/w-va-supreme-court-affirms-wind-farm-permit.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 14:42:24 EDT North Dakota's Supreme Court will decide whether grain elevator bonding laws cover farmers who haul their crops outside the state, in a case industry officials say may put producers' financial safeguards in jeopardy. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080616/nd-supreme-court-to-hear-grain-payment-dispute.htm Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:24:55 EDT