Lawsuit

The son of a man who died in a June helicopter crash in West Virginia that killed six people has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the company that owned the Vietnam-era aircraft and others, claiming negligence contributed to their deaths.

Last month, two West Virginia parents filed a lawsuit, claiming the so-called “voucher law” violates the state constitution. Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Joanna Tabit halted the program, granting a temporary injunction. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has now appealed to the Supreme Court.

The lawsuit was dismissed by the U.S. District Court of Southern West Virginia last year, deferring the case to the state courts.

A jury in West Virginia has awarded $7 million in a product liability lawsuit against Ford Motor Co. to the family of a woman who died when her Mustang was involved in a fiery crash.

A West Virginia city was ordered Tuesday to stop opening its council meetings with The Lord’s Prayer.

A former director at a West Virginia hospital has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was fired after he raised concerns about the safety of patients who were on ventilators and receiving other respiratory care services during a surge of COVID-19 cases.

The new White House drug czar has testified that the opioid epidemic got so bad in drug-ravaged West Virginia that the state was having trouble finding foster parents to care for children.

Opening arguments are set in a lawsuit in West Virginia accusing several drugmakers of misrepresenting the risks and benefits of opioids.

A jury in West Virginia has awarded $17.2 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit to a man who was left paralyzed after undergoing spinal surgery and later suffered a stroke.

A class-action lawsuit was filed Monday against cable provider Suddenlink for failing to provide reliable cable TV and internet service.