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West Virginia Regional Jails Entitled to Sovereign Immunity

by David M. Reutter

In May 2019, a circuit court held the West Virginia Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority was entitled to sovereign immunity in a lawsuit seeking payment for prisoner medical bills.

The suit was brought by Cabell Huntington Hospital to recover $168,985.65 for medical care provided to ...

 

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