CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court has affirmed a Wood Circuit Court judge’s ruling finding Walmart partly responsible for a woman’s injuries in a $16.9 million jury verdict.
The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia affirmed the Wood County Circuit Court’s rulings and judgment order on Wednesday in a case that resulted in a 2019 jury verdict of $16,922,000 involving Walmart and its failure to maintain its premises in a reasonably safe condition when attempting to apprehend a shoplifter in February 2015 which led to injuries to one of its customers Diane Ankrom.
The virus is real. The crisis is real. West Virginia can’t afford an empty suit, even if it is size 74, or an empty governor’s mansion, at a time like this. We need a full-time governor who is willing to work with all the people and for all the people. And West Virginia will get a chance to vote for one on November 3rd.
We’re talking about 1.25 billion dollars of West Virginia’s money. It is not for one man alone to spend however he sees fit. The money should be subject to the democratic process and the considered judgment of all three branches of government. And that process needs to start right now.
WHEELING – It has been hard for a long time to say anything about politics that helps anyone with anything. If you say something to one side or the other, no one who might believe you needs to hear it; and no one who might need to hear it will believe you. Three-plus years of our politics has immunized righties and lefties alike to new information.
WHEELING – For years, West Virginia’s political class said that each progressive movement among Democrats came “too soon,” and they’ve gotten their way. But after another failed administration, it’s time to worry that the movement could be too late.
The problem in West Virginia isn’t that we aren’t gaining territory. The problem is that our attention-seeking governor has lost interest in the hard problems the state has and isn’t working on them. Like a kid with an aging pet, he’s gotten bored with West Virginia and he’s off looking for new toys to play with, alongside his fellow trust-fund kid, Jerry Falwell. It’s a shame, but we shouldn’t be that surprised. What’s a job to people who were born rich?
It’s time to stop repeating ourselves. Neither the Puccios nor the Justices, nor the committees or the union bosses – not any of the powers that be or have been – are going to break the cycle. West Virginia has waited for change long enough, and West Virginia can’t wait any more.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. — Bordas & Bordas announced it made a large donation to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh in a partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers for the 2019-2020 season.
