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The United Mine Workers of America has told a federal court that retirees of some of Gov. Jim Justice s coal companies are still having prescription drug coverage issues, roughly five years into a federal lawsuit the UMWA and retirees filed over coverage lapses. Bluestone Coal Corp., a Justice coal company, blamed a faulty records transfer process, the UMWA told the court.
HUNTINGTON — Cabell County filed its written brief to the state Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia on Friday regarding a lawsuit against three major U.S. drug distributors accused
Last week, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, sent a certified question to the West Virginia Supreme Court that asks: “Under West Virginia’s common law, can conditions caused by the distribution of a controlled substance constitute a public nuisance and, if so, what are the elements of such a public nuisance claim?” An attorney representing the county says he received confirmation from the West Virginia Supreme Court clerk on Wednesday that the court has received the case.
HUNTINGTON — A year after a federal judge ruled in favor of three drug firms accused of helping to fuel the local opioid epidemic, a three-judge panel of the 4th