CHARLESTON – Despite being worth potentially $83.7 billion, West Virginia’s agreement earlier this month with China Energy essentially has disappeared from headlines.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that a woman’s cervical herniated discs and two forms of therapy are not compensable under her workers’ compensation claim.
WHEELING – A Wheeling man pleaded guilty Oct. 5 to trafficking cocaine in the state’s Northern Panhandle, making it the ninth conviction credited to a partnership between West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey and Acting U.S. Attorney Betsy Steinfeld Jividen.
WHEELING – An Ohio couple is seeking damages from a surgeon and two health care facilities after a surgical instrument was allegedly left in the husband's body after a surgery.
PARKERSBURG — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has kicked off a statewide initiative aimed at empowering religious groups to help fight the state's substance abuse problem.
A husband and wife are suing Ohio Valley Medical Center and a landscaping company, alleging that insufficient measures were taken on the hospital grounds to prevent injuries due to icy conditions.
PARKERSBURG – DuPont Co. has agreed to a $670.7 million settlement that with mid-Ohio Valley residents regarding C8 exposure from the company’s Parkersburg plant.
WASHINGTON – A research consortium focused on drug addiction and opioid abuse, cyber-security, health care, and job creation among area veterans was formed late last month, according to a press release.
COLUMBUS – A federal jury awarded a $10.5 million in punitive damages in a case against DuPont regarding contamination of water supplies in the Parkersburg area.
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal jury has returned a $2 million verdict against DuPont in the third of 3,500 cases charging that DuPont knowingly contaminated drinking water at its facility near Parkersburg.
