WHEELING – A case alleging two members of an Ironworkers local who say they haven’t receive all of the pay promised to them has been remanded back to state court.
BECKLEY – The Beckley police and fire pension boards have sued the state Municipal Pensions Oversight Board, saying it’s asking them to change systems that have worked for years.
CHARLESTON – The cases of six Northern Panhandle substitute school employees who sued WorkForce West Virginia to stop the agency from recouping any allegedly owed overpayment of unemployment compensation related to the COVID-19 pandemic have been consolidated.
MORGANTOWN – In another case of members of the Morgantown Police Department butting heads with city officials, the president of the local FOP says the city has refused to grant his FOIA request.
HUNTINGTON – A circuit judge denied the City of Huntington’s motion to stay a case filed by current and former firefighters regarding holiday pay issues.
HUNTINGTON – The City of Huntington has requested a motion to stay a case filed by current and former firefighters regarding holiday pay issues until the state Supreme Court rules on a similar case out of Morgantown.
HUNTINGTON – The City of Huntington has requested a motion to stay a case filed by current and former firefighters regarding holiday pay issues until the state Supreme Court rules on a similar case out of Morgantown. But in response, the plaintiff firefighters say the cases aren't similar enough to warrant the stay and ask the court to deny the request.
HUNTINGTON – Past and current members of the Huntington Fire Department have filed a motion for sanctions against the city for failing to properly negotiate after claiming the city hasn't paid firefighters properly for holiday pay in more than five years.
MARTINSBURG – A Berkeley County judge has entered a dismissal order in a case related to Martinsburg firefighters not being properly paid for holidays.
WHEELING – An Ohio County couple have filed a lawsuit alleging an energy company and its contractors continuously trespass on their property adjacent to an oil and gas well pad.
WHEELING – A circuit court judge has denied a defendant’s motion to dismiss the plaintiff’s amended complaint in a workplace injury lawsuit, saying it was premature to consider such a request.
CHARLESTON – The state Supreme Court will consider an appeal by members of the Morgantown Fire Department regarding holiday pay and additional time off.
CHARLESTON – A circuit judge has granted a temporary restraining order to allow a Charleston youth basketball all-star team compete in a season-ending tournament this weekend.
CHARLESTON – For the second time in two years, a youth basketball league seeks a temporary restraining order to allow one of its teams to compete in an all-star tournament this weekend.
CHARLESTON – A member of the House of Delegates says a “violent, racist, hateful and intimidating” email and social media post aimed at her was the “modern-day digital equivalent of burning a cross in (her) front yard.”