Aluminum Plates For Deep Space Win W.Va. 'Coolest' Contest
Aluminum plates that helped keep astronauts on the Artemis II rocket safe won the first ever Coolest Thing Made In West Virginia competition.
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Big 3 Drug Companies Argue For Supreme Court To Block Possible Appeal
Depending on what the court decides, it could allow the localities to appeal an opioid case they lost two years ago.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsHuntington, Cabell File Appeal Argument In Case Against Opioid Distributors
Following Cabell County and Huntington’s loss of their opioid lawsuit, the localities appealed that decision. Now the state supreme court is involved, and the city and the county have filed a 40-page brief with the court - asking it to see things their way.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState, National Organizations Petition W.Va. Supreme Court To Keep Huntington, Cabell Opioid Case Alive
A group of national and state organizations are asking the state Supreme Court to side with Cabell County and Huntington in their lawsuit against major opioid distribution companies.
Continue Reading Take Me to More NewsState Supreme Court Will Weigh Cabell County, Huntington Opioid Lawsuit
This year every county in West Virginia, except Cabell County, is set to begin receiving opioid settlement funds, totalling over 400 million dollars from a nearly statewide lawsuit that was won in 2022. Cabell County, and its largest city, Huntington, decided to bring their own joint lawsuit. They lost that suit in 2022, despite suing with the same claim that was used in successful state and nationwide lawsuits that the pharmaceutical companies had created a “public nuisance.”
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