BECKLEY — U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger gave Justice Energy until June 6 to tell the court how it plans to pay more than $1 million in sanctions.
BECKLEY — District Judge Irene C. Berger ordered Giv. Jim Justice to release financial information for Justice Energy that was requested by federal prosecutors in a case involving Justice Energy's failure to repay court-imposed sanctions.
BECKLEY – U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger has ordered The Greenbrier to pay more than $1 million to two rental companies who sued the hotel for breach of contract since December.
WILLIAMSON – The sister of a miner killed in the Upper Big Branch coal mine explosion is being featured in a television ad to be released asking for the truth about what happened at the mine.
CHARLESTON – The U.S. government has been given another extension to file a response in the appeal of Don L. Blankenship’s conviction for conspiring to violate federal mine safety standards at Upper Big Branch Mine.
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Circuit of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has upheld a $1.23 million contempt-of-court fine issued to Justice Energy in a lawsuit filed against the company by James River Equipment.
BECKLEY – Michael Kostenko, the former Raleigh County doctor and owner of Coal Country Clinic, decided to plead guilty in order to finish his trial early.
BECKLEY - U.S. District Judge Irene C. Berger has ruled on six motions less than a week before the criminal trial for Michael Kostenko is set to begin.
BECKLEY – U.S District Judge Irene C. Berger has awarded a then 24-year-old woman the maximum amount permitted under West Virginia’s medical malpractice laws after she underwent a hysterectomy after the birth of her only child in 2013.
CHARLESTON – Justice Energy, which is owned by gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice, was held in contempt Monday by District Judge Irene C. Berger for not paying a nearly $150,000 debt. Berger fined the company $30,000 per day, beginning Jan. 5., until the company is in full compliance and has paid off the two-year-old debt.
