News from January 2024
Estate files wrongful death suit against Teays Valley VFD
WINFIELD – The executor of a woman's estate blames the Teays Valley Volunteer Fire Department for her death.
REPORT: Inflation returns as top business problem on Main Street
CHARLESTON — West Virginia is not immune to soaring inflation, as the NFIB Small Business Optimism Index lays out in its latest report.
Flagger says Frontier coworkers ridiculed him
CHARLESTON – A Mingo County man says coworkers made fun of him while working as a flagger for Frontier Communications.
Shane Harvey and Jay Ingle added as new E.C. members
Jackson Kelly PLLC announces that it has elected Members, Shane Harvey and Jay Ingle, to its Executive Committee for three-year terms.
Stuart, other former U.S. Attorneys back Trump in Supreme Court amicus brief
WASHINGTON – Mike Stuart has joined other former U.S. Attorneys in filing an amicus brief with the Supreme Court asking it to overturn the Colorado ruling to keep former President Donald Trump off of that state's primary election ballot.
Morrisey raises issues with Biden over push for electric vehicles
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has written a letter to President Joe Biden raising concerns about “pushing a massive and hasty shift to EVs (electric vehicles), through tax credits for upper-class buyers, billions in new spending, and oppressive new agency rules.”
Former Gestamp worker says she was victim of sexual, racial harassment on the job
CHARLESTON -- A St. Albans woman has sued a staffing agency and a Kanawha County business for sexual and racial harassment as well as retaliation.
Woman files medical malpractice suit against Plateau Medical Center
CHARLESTON – A Fayette County woman has filed a medical malpractice suit against an Oak Hill provider.
Charleston law firm helps drivers obtain CDL licenses for church ministry
CHARLESTON — A West Virginia law firm has been helping those interested in obtaining their Class B commercial driver's license through a partnership with CDL Assist.
Three other states, D.C., DOJ join NCAA transfer rule case
CHARLESTON — Three other states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Department of Justice have joined a bipartisan multistate coalition in a lawsuit challenging the NCAA’s Transfer Eligibility Rule.
Morrisey, other AGs ask U.S. Supreme Court to reverse Colorado Trump ballot disqualification
WASHINGTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is co-leading an amicus brief with Indiana asking the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision from Colorado that kept former President Donald Trump off the ballot for that state’s presidential primary ballot.
Former employee accuses state DOT of sexual harassment, discrimination
CHARLESTON – A former employee is accusing the West Virginia Department of Transportation of sexual harassment, discrimination and constructive discharge.
ACLU-WV seeks restraining order as Wheeling works to bulldoze homeless camps
WHEELING – The ACLU has filed an emergency court request against the City of Wheeling to keep it from razing tent camps for the homeless.
Federal judge orders Justice helicopter to be readied for sale
ROANOKE, Virginia – A federal judge has grounded a helicopter owned by Gov. Jim Justice’s companies to sell it to satisfy a debt.
State should pursue best-in-nation licensing reform
CHARLESTON – When regulations make it hard to earn a living, West Virginians suffer.
Cities, counties begin receiving opioid settlement checks
CHARLESTON – Rusty Webb has been traversing the state handing out opioid settlement checks to city and county officials.
Putnam paramedic sues patient after sustaining injuries on call
WINFIELD – A Putnam County paramedic claims he was injured by a patient while on duty.
Man sues Foodfair after slip and fall outside store
WINFIELD – A man says he was injured in the parking lot of a Putnam County grocery store.
Morrisey, others ask appeals court to declare new EPA clean air rule unlawful
CHARLESTON — West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s office is co-leading a coalition of 25 states in a petition asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to declare a new U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule unlawful.
Morrisey files gubernatorial paperwork; Elliott seeks U.S. Senate seat
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey officially filed paperwork to run for governor in May’s primary election.