Civil lawsuits against West Virginia American Water, Mountaineer Gas advance in Kanawha County

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — One Kanawha County Circuit Judge could take up a handful of lawsuits filed by Charleston residents against Mountaineer Gas and West Virginia American Water Company for the water main break and gas outage in the city’s West Side last November. Civil lawsuits filed by West Side residents advanced in court Tuesday. Kanawha County Circuit Court Judge Jennifer Bailey looked at four cases and said she would take up all of them. They will stay with her unless they get moved to a special mass litigation panel. Movement...