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Man with developmental disabilities accuses Walmart of discrimination, wrongful termination

By Chris Dickerson |
WHEELING – A Cameron man with developmental disabilities says he was discriminated against and wrongfully terminated by Walmart.

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Jury awards $1.8M medical malpractice verdict to Huntington woman

By Chris Dickerson |
HUNTINGTON – A federal jury has awarded a Huntington woman with a $1.8 million verdict in a medical malpractice case.

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Class action says Allegheny Wood Products failed to provide WARN Act notice

By Chris Dickerson |
BECKLEY – A former Allegheny Wood Products employee has filed a potential class action lawsuit against the company after it abruptly shut down last month.

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Federal judge gives Justice company 72 hours to turn over helicopter

By Chris Dickerson |
ROANOKE, Virginia – A federal judge issued an order giving a company owned by Gov. Jim Justice 72 hours to turn over a helicopter at the heart of multiple pieces of litigation.

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EQT says royalty class certification missing 'fundamental requirements'

By Chris Dickerson |
RICHMOND, Virginia – EQT says a federal appeals court should reverse a lower court class certification order in an oil and gas royalties case.

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Mother accuses Cabell school staffers of belittling, ignoring, depriving nonverbal son

By Chris Dickerson |
HUNTINGTON – The mother of a 6-year-old nonverbal child has sued the Cabell County Board of Education claiming her son was belittled, ignored and deprived of food and water by school employees and injured on their watch.

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Coal company owned by Justice found to be in contempt

By Chris Dickerson |
ROANOKE, Virginia – A federal judge has said a coal company owned by Gov. Jim Justice and his family is in contempt of court because it hasn’t paid more than $500,000.

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More lawsuits filed related to Justice family businesses

By Chris Dickerson |
ROANOKE, Virginia – An Indiana-based bank has sued a coal company owned by Gov. Jim Justice for more than $4.5 million on unpaid loans. And in yet another federal lawsuit, a trustee for one of Justice’s creditors sued the Justice companies' longtime banker that also is trying to collect more than $300 million from companies owned by the governor’s family.

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Providers, experts, scholars file briefs supporting appeal of W.Va. abortion ban

By Chris Dickerson |
RICHMOND, Virginia – Several healthcare experts have filed briefs supporting a drug manufacturer’s federal appeal challenging West Virginia’s near-total ban on abortion.

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Mother says Cabell school staffers held screaming 4-year-old in bathroom

By Chris Dickerson |
HUNTINGTON – A mother says her child was punished by Cabell County Board of Education employees who held the 4-year-old in a bathroom while the child struck the door and screamed to be released.The mother, identified only as S.C., filed her complaint February 5 in federal court against the Cabell County BOE, Pamela Bailey, Janessa Freeman and Cynthia Neil.

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Sodexo worker says she was a victim of racial discrimination while working at WVU

By West Virginia Record |
CLARKSBURG – A Sodexo worker says she was a victim of racial discrimination while working at West Virginia University.

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Woman accuses Elkins health provider of racial, age discrimination

By West Virginia Record |
A Virginia woman has filed a lawsuit accusing Davis Medical Center of racial and age discrimination.

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Abortion pill company asks 4th Circuit to reverse W.Va. ‘extremist’ ban

By Chris Dickerson |
RICHMOND, Virginia – The nation’s only generic maker of mifepristone has filed a federal appellate brief claiming West Virginia’s near-total abortion ban is preempted by federal law and should be struck down.

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Plaintiffs maintain federal judge was right to certify class in EQT royalties case

By Chris Dickerson |
RICHMOND, Virginia – The plaintiffs in an oil and gas royalties case say a federal judge did nothing wrong in certifying a class action in the matter.

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Couple blames man's cancer on water contaminated with C8

By West Virginia Record |
CHARLETSON – A Mason County couple says the husband's cancer was caused by water contaminated with C8.

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Federal judge orders default judgment in Dunbar police brutality case

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – A federal judge has entered a default judgment in a Dunbar police brutality lawsuit after none of the defendants filed an answer to the complaint.

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Proposed amendment would add U.S. citizenship to state voting requirements

By Chris Dickerson |
CHARLESTON – A Senate resolution would create an amendment to the state Constitution providing that only West Virginia citizens who are United States citizens are qualified to vote in elections.

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Woman files medical malpractice suit against Plateau Medical Center

By West Virginia Record |
CHARLESTON – A Fayette County woman has filed a medical malpractice suit against an Oak Hill provider.