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House bill regarding homeowner rights shelved
CHARLESTON – A House bill that critics say would take away some major consumer protection rights for homeowners is dead.
Woman blames trucking companies, DOH for her, grandson's injuries in U.S. 60 wreck
CHARLESTON – A Fayette County woman is suing two trucking companies and the West Virginia Division of Highways for injuries sustained in an accident when an overloaded logging truck hit her and her grandson on U.S. 60.
Judge grants temporary restraining order in well pad trespassing case
WHEELING – A circuit judge has granted a temporary restraining order against an energy company and its contractors that a family says continuously trespass on their property adjacent to an oil and gas well pad.
Bill would take away rights for homeowners, critics say
CHARLESTON – Critics of a bill introduced in the House of Delegates would take away some major consumer protection rights for homeowners.
Morrisey, other AGs ask court to review SEC rule requiring more disclosures on proxy votes
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey this week joined his colleagues in Louisiana, Texas and Utah in urging the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to review a Securities and Exchange Commission rule that requires investment managers to make more disclosures about their proxy votes.
Man says he slipped on snow, ice at Yeager Airport
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man says he was injured when he slipped on snow and ice at Yeager Airport.
Woman says Starbucks co-worker assaulted her while she was pregnant
CHARLESTON – A woman says she was assaulted by a fellow Starbucks employee while working and pregnant before her constructive termination.
Appeals court grants stay in state transgender athlete ban
RICHMOND, Virginia – A federal appeals court has granted a request to stay a lower court decision in a case challenging West Virginia’s ban on transgender athletes.
Morrisey seeks dismissal of abortion pill lawsuit
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office wants a lawsuit filed by a company that makes a generic version of the abortion pill mifepristone to be dismissed.
AG’s office files motion to intervene in challenge to state’s abortion law
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office has filed a motion for the state to intervene in a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the state’s abortion law.
Pain management doctor says he was forced out of market by hospital
WHEELING – A Northern Panhandle pain management doctor says officials at a local hospital have squeezed him out of the market.
Another mom says daughter was sexually harassed by Horace Mann Middle School student
CHARLESTON – The mother of a former Horace Mann Middle School student says her daughter was sexually harassed by a fellow student.
W.Va. woman accuses law firms of unwanted calls about Camp Lejeune litigation
WHEELING – A Wheeling woman has filed a potential federal class action lawsuit alleging law firms are soliciting potential plaintiffs for a lawsuit against the federal government over contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
W.Va. leads coalition suing EPA over new WOTUS rule
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is co-leading a coalition of more than 20 states in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency asking a federal court to vacate the newly published final rule redefining Waters of the United States and declare it unlawful.
Parents of Huntington High student say he was mistreated, neglected
HUNTINGTON – The parents of a non-verbal Huntington High School student say the child was verbally and physically mistreated and neglected by staff and even taken from the school by an unknown man.
Snowshoe named in two lawsuits about bed bugs, ski lift injury
ELKINS – Snowshoe Mountain has been named in two federal lawsuits, one alleging bed bugs at the resort and another regarding an accident involving a ski lift.
Professor accuses WVU of discrimination based on national origin, religion
CLARKSBURG – An Italian-born West Virginia University professor says he was subjected to discrimination based on his heritage and religion.
W.Va., Ky. AGs pen letter to DoD, NASA about 'woke' federal contracting climate rules
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron are co-leading a multistate effort over concerns with a proposed regulation that would require “certain Federal contractors disclose their greenhouse gas emissions and climate-related financial risk and set science-based targets to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.”
Mother blames doctors at two hospitals for causing son's death
CHARLESTON – The mother of a 3-year-old says her son died as a result of negligence by doctors at CAMC and Roane General Hospital.
Dunbar man accuses former employer, supervisor of racial, age discrimination
CHARLESTON – A Dunbar man accuses a South Charleston business and a supervisor of racial and age discrimination.