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Judge consolidates discovery in State Police Academy hidden camera cases
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha Circuit Court judge has allowed the discovery portion of four civil lawsuits involving a hidden camera in the women’s locker room at the West Virginia State Police Academy to be consolidated.
Fellow GOP candidate seeks to keep Trump off W.Va. ballot
CHARLESTON – A Texas man has filed a federal lawsuit to try to keep former President Donald J. Trump from appearing on the 2024 presidential election ballot in West Virginia.
U.S. EEOC accuses Walmart store manager of sexual harassment, discrimination
CHARLESTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has accused a Walmart store manager of sexual harassment and discrimination.
Morrisey lashes out at WV CALA criticism of opioid attorney fees
CHARLESTON – After a statewide legal reform group criticized attorney fees of more than $141 million for the state opioid litigation, West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said the criticism was “absurd” and “flat-out asinine.”
Lawyers will split more than $141 million in W.Va. opioid litigation fees
CHARLESTON – Attorneys and law firms that worked on the West Virginia opioid litigation will split more than $141 million from the attorney fee fund.
Wheeling law firm requests information about planned Oglebay Park deer hunt
WHEELING – A Wheeling law firm has submitted FOIA requests to officials with a state agency and a city agency regarding a planned deer hunt in Wheeling’s Oglebay Park.
AG's office defends state Medicaid's stance on sex-transition surgeries at 4th Circuit
RICHMOND, Va. — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office argued a case before the en banc United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit involving the state’s decision not to cover sex-transition surgeries under its Medicaid plan.
Man says female supervisor 'viciously sexually harassed' him, co-workers
CHARLESTON – A man says he and other co-workers were “viciously sexually harassed” by a female supervisor.
Man says he suffered burn injuries from MRI at CAMC
CHARLESTON – A Fayette County man says he was injured during an MRI at CAMC.
Mountaineer Gas blames contractors for damaging gas mains, Dunbar house explosion
CHARLESTON – Mountaineer Gas Company claims contractors damaged underground gas mains three times in less than two months, and it says the third time led to a house explosion in Dunbar.
Second former Preston 911 dispatcher alleges harassment, retaliation, unfair treatment
KINGWOOD – A former Preston County emergency dispatcher says she wasn’t treated fairly by supervisors, was subjected to inappropriate sexual conduct in the office and was a victim of retaliation.
Woman says she was partially paralyzed by surgery at CAMC
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman says she was injured during a surgery.
AG's office reaches $576K Medicaid fraud settlement with ResCare
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has reached a settlement agreement with ResCare Inc. for $576,111.43 following an investigation initiated by the office's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
JIC admonishes Wood magistrate for treatment of assistant
CHARLESTON – A Wood County magistrate has been admonished for, among other things, improper treatment of an assistant.
Black woman says she was discriminated against at Little Caesar's
CHARLESTON – A Black woman says she was a victim of racial discrimination at a Little Caesar’s restaurant in Charleston.
Woman says she was wrongfully fired from psychiatric hospital
CHARLESTON – An Ohio woman says she was wrongfully terminated from her job at a Huntington psychiatric hospital.
Putnam man says he was wrongfully terminated from paramedic job
WINFIELD – A Scott Depot man says he was wrongfully terminated from his paramedic job.
JIC admonishes Mercer magistrate for selling jewelry, inappropriate social media memes
CHARLESTON – The state Judicial Investigation Commission has publicly admonished a Mercer County magistrate for selling jewelry and posting inappropriate memes on social media.
Six former CAMC employees sue over firing after having COVID-19 vaccine religious exemption denied
CHARLESTON – Six former Charleston Area Medical Center employees have filed lawsuits accusing the hospital of denying their religious-based exemption requests over the COVID-19 vaccine and ultimately firing them for not being vaccinated.
Law firm sues Frontier for breach of contract, company calls suit 'unnecessary'
CHARLESTON – A Charleston law firm has sued Frontier West Virginia and one of its attorneys for failing to pay for legal services, but the defendants call the lawsuit “unnecessary.”