Judge again grants class certification in case over 2017 Parkersburg warehouse fire
PARKERSBURG – A circuit judge again has certified a case involving a 2017 Parkersburg warehouse fire as a class action. An attorney for the defendant, however, says the issue again will be appealed to the state Supreme Court On June 17, Judge Thomas Bedell issued an order granting class certification in the case Paul Snider, a Parkersburg man, filed against Surniak Holdings of WV LLC in Wood Circuit Court. Bedell, a circuit judge from Harrison County, is hearing the case because the state Supreme Court previously recused all Wood County judges from the case. McLaughlin Surniak o...