CHARLESTON – Minutes before play was to begin, the state Supreme Court vacated a temporary restraining order that would have postponed the state Class AAA boys and girls soccer tournaments this weekend based on disparity of available COVID-19 testing.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey, Governor Jim Justice, the state Department of Transportation and six local governments reached a $101.35 million settlement with 11 asphalt and paving companies – the largest, single-state antitrust settlement in West Virginia’s history.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia leaders have reached a $101.3 million agreement in a paving lawsuit, making it the largest antitrust settlement in state history
Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit (Hampshire, Hardy and Pendleton Counties) Judge H. Charles Carl III was elected President of the West Virginia Judicial Association during a virtual meeting on Tuesday, October 20. Judge Carl takes over from Twenty-Ninth Judicial Circuit (Putnam County) Judge Phillip M. Stowers.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County man says he was two doses of Narcan by members of the South Charleston Police Department even though he hadn’t taken any illegal drugs.
CHARLESTON – A U.S. District judge has delayed an upcoming opioid trial after the defendant drug companies said it could be a “super-spreader” in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha Circuit Court judge has filed an order to provide more information to attorneys about a registry of about 4,000 West Virginia children suffering from Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome.
CHARLESTON – Three major drug distributors are asking for a delay in an upcoming federal opioid trial, saying it could be a “super-spreader” in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha Circuit judge has denied a high school football player’s requests for injunctive relief regarding the state’s school re-entry plan and how it affects his ability to earn a college athletic scholarship.
CHARLESTON – The state’s largest teachers union has filed a petition challenging continuing changes made to the state’s color-coded school re-entry map.
CHARLESTON – State officials say a lawsuit filed by George Washington High School’s star quarterback regarding the state’s school re-entry plan should be dismissed.
CHARLESTON – The president of the state’s largest teachers union says it will file an injunction in the coming days challenging continuing changes made to the state’s color-coded school re-entry map.
CHARLESTON – A star George Washington High School football player has filed a lawsuit saying the state school re-entry map is costing him a chance at college scholarships.
CHARLESTON – After his lawsuit regarding Gov. Jim Justice and the state’s enforcement of the school re-entry map was dismissed, a Charleston attorney said he plans to ask a judge to reconsider his ruling.
Representing West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (WVDHHR), Bailey Glasser secured a dismissal of a Charleston lawyer/parent’s lawsuit challenging the state’s restrictions of in-person schooling aiming to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha Circuit Court judge dismissed a parent’s lawsuit regarding Gov. Jim Justice and the state’s enforcement of the school re-entry map.
CHARLESTON – A George Washington High School student-athlete says the state’s school re-entry plan is denying him the chance to play football and possibly earn an athletic scholarship.
