WHEELING – A federal lawsuit filed by the son of Murray Energy CEO Bob Murray against his ex-wife days before he was accused of having sexual contact with his adopted pre-teen daughter has been dismissed.
WHEELING – A civil case accusing the son of Murray Energy CEO Bob Murray of allegedly having sexual contact with his adopted pre-teen daughter has been remanded to state court.
WHEELING — An Ohio magistrate judge has resigned from her position after the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals issued an order for her suspension.
The VA has a responsibility to ensure the confidentiality of all veteran records, and the persons responsible for any breach should be held accountable.
CLARKSBURG – The parents of a transgender Harrison County teenager who says he was harassed by a Liberty High School assistant principal last year has filed suit against the school board.
HUNTINGTON – A former state Senator and U.S. House candidate says his medical records were stolen from a Veterans Affairs office and used against him in his 2018 congressional campaign.
WELLSBURG – A circuit judge has granted a temporary restraining order to a Brooke County man seeking to keep an energy company from using his property as a temporary workspace and from using underground pipelines it installed.
WHEELING – The son of Murray Energy CEO Bob Murray has been sued for allegedly having sexual contact with his adopted pre-teen daughter. Jonathan Murray is a VP for Murray Energy and Murray American River Towing Inc. Both of those companies also are named as defendants in the lawsuit, which was filed July 22 in Ohio Circuit Court. The complaint was filed by a woman identified as M.S., Jon Murray’s ex-wife and mother of the girl – identified as S.M. – at the heart of the issue.
WHEELING – An Ohio County circuit judge has denied a reconsideration request by the county school board to have it removed from a lawsuit accusing a former teacher of sexually and mentally abusing a student for years, including giving birth to his children.
WHEELING – A circuit judge has denied a union’s request to be dismissed from a lawsuit alleging sexual harassment and retaliatory discharge by the union’s business manager.
CHARLESTON – A circuit judge has signed an order allowing every state agency to be listed as a defendant in a potential class action about wage payment for salaried state employees.
MORGANTOWN – Members of the Morgantown Fire Department have filed a lawsuit alleging the city hasn’t properly compensated them for working on holidays. The complaint, filed June 7 in Monongalia Circuit Court, lists Lieutenant Jayson Nicewarner as the named plaintiff. He also is president of IAFF Local 313, and the other 57 plaintiffs are Morgantown firefighters and members of the union.
NEW CUMBERLAND – Claiming the department is “critically understaffed,” Weirton firefighters are seeking an injunction to prevent the city from creating and filling the position of Public Safety Director.
WHEELING – While a circuit judge has dismissed a former teacher and principal from a high-profile Ohio County sexual abuse case, that doesn’t mean they won’t face additional civil action.
WHEELING – An Ohio County judge has dismissed a former teacher and a former principal from a lawsuit alleging the teacher sexually and mentally abused a former student.
