Jodi Wood Cunningham

Wheeling, WV

About Jodi Wood Cunningham

With a passion for helping others, Jodi Wood Cunningham began her legal career as a plaintiff’s lawyer and for several years worked as a court-appointed guardian ad litem for children. She was also appointed to serve as mental hygiene commissioner in Tucker County, W.Va. Jodi works directly with Bordas & Bordas clients as they seek representation against corporations that have done them harm. A native of Moundsville, Jodi graduated from John Marshall High School in 1989 where she was a 3-year starter on the girls’ basketball team. Upon graduation, Jodi continued her education at Fairmont State College where she graduated magna cum laude with a degree in business administration.

While at FSC, Jodi received numerous awards including being named an Academic All-American. She then went on to West Virginia University College of Law where she earned her juris doctor in 1996. On a personal note, Jodi loves the outdoors, sports and spending time with her family and friends. She resides in Marshall County, W.Va., with her husband, Tim and son, Matthew.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Bordas & Bordas, PLLC

These results are credited to Bordas & Bordas, PLLC. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$16.92 millionVerdictLargest in West Virginia

Johna Ankrom, 52, was shopping with her granddaughter when Wal-Mart employees detained a shoplifter in the vestibule's main traffic aisle. He broke away, collided with her cart and pulled it down on top of her. She suffered traumatic intestinal injuries, went through multiple surgeries, and now lives with a permanent ileostomy.

Circuit Court of Wood County, WV (affirmed, WV Supreme Court of Appeals) · 2019Premises LiabilityRead the full story →

Lewis Timmons, 61, was transferring hydrogen from his tanker into the storage system at the Muskingum River power plant when the storage area exploded and killed him. The enclosure had a defective roof and undersized copper relief stacks that could not vent a release, and an earlier hydrogen explosion at an AEP facility had already produced safety recommendations the company never acted on.

Circuit Court of Marshall County, WV (Second Judicial Circuit) · 2011Workplace InjuryRead the full story →
$1.16 millionVerdict

A woman came to the Wetzel County Hospital emergency room in 2001 and came under the care of a surgeon who, the estate proved, failed to perform the exploratory surgery that would have found and corrected her intra-abdominal condition. She went into shock and died the next day. The jury awarded $4 million. She was paid $1,162,741.60.

Circuit Court of Wetzel County, WV (reduced on appeal, WV Supreme Court of Appeals) · 2009Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Education

West Virginia University College of Law
J.D., 1996
Fairmont State College
Undergraduate, 1993

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of West Virginia

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