RICHMOND, Virginia – In a rare move, a federal judge has certified an oil and gas royalties case as a class action without conducting a hearing about it.
CHARLESTON – A Black woman accuses a state agency of racial discrimination after she was accused of cheating on a basic training correction academy exam.
CHARLESTON – A former employee of the state Department of Health and Human Resources says she was a victim of sexual harassment while working at the William R. Sharpe Jr. Hospital.
MORGANTOWN – A circuit judge has denied a Motion to Dismiss a lawsuit filed by a House of Delegates member regarding “violent, racist, hateful and intimidating” emails and social media posts aimed at her.
RICHMOND, Virginia – A Raleigh County family court judge has filed her brief with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals seeking to have a lower court ruling reversed in a case where she searched a man’s home following a post-divorce contempt hearing.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man says a skater portraying Maui from the animated film “Moana” hit him with a boat during a 2020 Disney on Ice performance.
CHARLESTON — The state Board of Education, the state Secondary Schools Athletic Commission and the Harrison County school board all have asked to have a case regarding the state’s impending anti-transgender athlete law dismissed.
CHARLESTON – A case involving state employees who claim they were shortchanged when the state switched from twice monthly to biweekly pay will be heard by the state Supreme Court.
HUNTINGTON – A federal judge has denied a request by the owners of a Putnam County restaurant for a temporary restraining order after claiming Gov. Jim Justice’s recently amended mask mandate is hurting their business.
WHEELING – The parties in a civil action focusing on a group of Ohio County landowners who claimed three energy companies wanted to have heavy vehicles drive through their neighborhood for a pipeline project have come to an agreement.
CHARLESTON – An insurance company questions why a former state Supreme Court justice still is overseeing a case as a senior status judge when a new circuit judge was elected four years ago.
CHARLESTON – A lawsuit regarding a man's injury at a state park has turned into a debate whether the plaintiff properly notified the leader of the state Division of Natural Resources before the case was filed.
WHEELING – A circuit judge has granted a temporary injunction to a group of Ohio County landowners who claimed three energy companies wanted to have heavy vehicles drive through their neighborhood for a pipeline project instead of a nearby road owned by a religious conference and retreat center.
It’s clear from the increasing prevalence of such cases, however, that our licentious culture is toxic, encouraging adults and the young people they should be protecting to see each other as objects of their sexual fantasies.
WHEELING – The attorney for a former Ohio County teacher who allegedly sexually and mentally abused a former student of hers says his client denies the allegations. In fact, she alleges she was a victim of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her accuser.
