News from October 2020
State Trooper claims she is a victim of gender discrimination
CHARLESTON – A female State Trooper has sued the West Virginia State Police claiming she is a victim of gender discrimination.
Parents sue school board, teacher over her inappropriate relationship with 11-year-old son
CHARLESTON – The parents of a Kanawha County student say a former Horace Mann Middle School teacher had an inappropriate relationship with their 11-year-old son.
Hearing set for WVEA petition about changes to school re-entry map
CHARLESTON – A circuit judge has scheduled a show cause hearing in a petition filed by the state’s largest teachers union challenging continuing changes made to the state’s color-coded school re-entry map.
Man says wife died after allergic reaction to drug given to her by medical facility
CHARLESTON – A man blames a Huntington medical facility for the death of his wife after she had a severe allergic reaction to a drug.
Mountain Valley Pipeline project put on hold after appeals court grants stay
ROANOKE, Va. — A federal appellate court issued a stay, temporarily halting the Mountain Valley Pipeline from doing any construction through streams and wetlands in both West Virginia and Virginia.
AG's office announces settlement in hospital data breach
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey's office has announced a $5 million, multistate settlement with a leading hospital operator related to an August 2014 data breach.
Tentative settlements reached in VA death cases
CLARKSBURG — The families of six veterans who died at the hands of a nursing assistant while they were patients of the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg have reached tentative settlements in their federal cases.
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Eastern Panhandle Woman Named Probation Officer of the Year
Twenty-Third Judicial Circuit (Berkeley, Jefferson and Morgan Counties) Adult Drug Court Probation Officer Crystal Gumbel will receive the award for West Virginia Probation Officer of the Year at a ceremony at 4 p.m.
LITTLER MENDELSON PC: Changes to Family Medical and Sick Leave Obligations in the Time of COVID-19
Before the COVID-19 pandemic situation, employers were already struggling to comply with myriad employee leave obligations.
WEST VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS: Judge Dimlich Sits on Supreme Court for One Case
Tenth Judicial Circuit (Raleigh County) Judge Andrew Dimlich sat on the Supreme Court for arguments in one case on Tuesday, October 13.
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF WEST VIRGINIA: U.S. Attorneys Bill Powell and Mike Stuart announce $8.9 million in Justice Department grants to combat addiction crisis
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ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF WEST VIRGINIA: U.S. Attorneys Mike Stuart and Bill Powell Announce $8.9 Million in Justice Department Grants to Combat Addiction Crisis in West Virginia
U.S. Attorneys Mike Stuart and Bill Powell announced awards of $8,902,765 in Department of Justice grants to fight drug abuse and addiction in West Virginia.
Father says WVSSAC discriminates against daughter
CHARLESTON — A father says the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission and the West Virginia Department of Education are discriminating against his daughter based on her gender because they won't let her play on the boy's soccer team.
Former Parkersburg Catholic principal says he was wrongful fired after reporting complaints about priest
PARKERSBURG – The former principal of Parkersburg Catholic High School says he was wrongly terminated for reporting complaints about a priest to the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston and for not renewing the contract of the school’s football coach.
Mixed race couple says they were assaulted, called racial slurs at Burger King
PRINCETON – A mixed race couple has filed a lawsuit claiming they were assaulted and called racial slurs by the relative of a Burger King manager while they were eating at the fast food restaurant.
Woman says she slipped on oily carpet at Bluefield medical facility
PRINCETON – A McDowell County woman says slipped and fell because of oil on the carpet at a building owned by Bluefield Regional Medical Center.
Sponaugle's case about Justice residency might hinge on the meaning of 'shall'
CHARLESTON – Isaac Sponaugle told the state Supreme Court that it doesn’t matter where Gov. Jim Justice lives in Charleston as long as it is in Charleston.
Charleston man says house-flipping company hid problems with home he purchased
CHARLESTON – A Charleston man says a house-flipping company hid problems with a home it had sold to him.
More enforcement and control are key to containing opioid crisis
By working more closely with the states, the DEA and its Office of Diversion Control can make its enforcement and diversion control efforts more effective. Like someone once said, we’re “stronger together.”
Mason County woman says she was injured by slip, fall at CAMC
CHARLESTON – A Mason County woman says she was injured when she slipped and fell at Charleston Area Medical Center.