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About Atkinson & Frampton, PLLC

Atkinson & Frampton, PLLC is a Charleston, West Virginia trial firm representing clients throughout the state in employment law, wrongful termination, sexual harassment, employee benefits litigation, insurance coverage and bad faith claims, consumer fraud, police misconduct, medical malpractice, trucking accidents, and personal injury. Its attorneys work on both sides of the courtroom, representing individuals and companies, plaintiffs and defendants, and bring more than 80 combined years of litigation experience. The firm has settled 18 cases in which the wrongdoer paid over one million dollars, and its trial record includes multiple seven-figure jury verdicts upheld on appeal by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Proven verdicts and settlements won by Atkinson & Frampton, PLLC

$4.5 millionSettlement

A 14-year-old high school freshman was riding home from a soccer match with her father on Interstate 79 when their vehicle struck the rear of a flatbed semi hauling lumber uphill at 21 mph in the dark. The plaintiffs' case was that the truck should never have been on that road: overloaded by more than 11,000 pounds, inadequately lit, and driven by a man not properly licensed for it.

Circuit Court of Putnam County, WV · 2025Truck AccidentsRead the full story →
$1 millionSettlement

Edmond Exline, 45, a paranoid schizophrenic apparently in the middle of a mental-health episode, was walking beside Interstate 81 near Martinsburg when three State Police troopers detained him. Tasers were deployed multiple times. He became unresponsive and was pronounced dead. The State Police settled for $1 million.

Circuit Court of Kanawha County, WV · 2024Civil RightsRead the full story →
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Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

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Attorneys at Atkinson & Frampton, PLLC

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