West Virginia courts can begin the first steps of a gradual, phased-in return to normal operations beginning May 18, 2020, under a new order and accompanying guidance, the Supreme Court announced Wednesday.
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office, in coordination with the state Department of Health and Human Resources, is alerting foster parents throughout the state to a potential scam.
CHARLESTON — A mother is suing the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources claiming the agency threatened to take away her children unless she put her son in an in-patient treatment facility for nearly 30 days where she had no contact with him.
CHARLESTON — An RN is suing the West Virginia Department of Health and Services claiming they gave a false background report that caused her to lose a job offer.
MARTINSBURG – A lawsuit filed against more than a dozen media companies by two teachers' aides involved in the alleged abuse of special needs students in Berkeley County was dismissed.
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals granted a writ of prohibition in an appeal involving six children who were abused by their parents.
CHARLESTON — A 21-year-old who became pregnant by her biological father after she was placed in his care when she was 11 has filed a lawsuit against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources, claiming she should've never been placed in his care.
CHARLESTON — The Salvation Army wants a lawsuit filed against it alleging it failed to properly care for a 10-year-old girl to be dismissed from federal court.
CHARLESTON – A member of the House of Delegates says he is shocked by the state Department of Health and Human Resources’ decision to choose a Washington, D.C., law firm to handle a federal class action lawsuit regarding the state’s foster care system.
HUNTINGTON — Twelve foster children filed a lawsuit against the state in connection with A Better Childhood, alleging the state has failed to properly care for foster children.
CHARLESTON — The state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is set to be transferred from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) to the West Virginia Attorney General's Office on Oct. 1.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Advocates, doing business as Disability Rights of West Virginia, has filed a suit against the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources-Bureau for Children and Families seeking declaratory judgment regarding access to records.
MARTINSBURG — The two teachers aides in Berkeley County accused of verbally abusing students in a special needs classroom filed a lawsuit this week against news organizations that published the audio recording secretly taken in the classroom.
CHARLESTON — U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia Mike Stuart announced a $17 million settlement with Acadia Healthcare on Monday during a press conference.
CHARLESTON — Gov. Jim Justice has signed a bill that will move the state's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit to the state Attorney General's office. Senate Bill 318 was signed into law earlier this week. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey praised the move, calling it "a bold step that will significantly strengthen the state’s fight against Medicaid fraud."
