West Virginia school abuse News

Insurers to Pay $50M in Settlement Over Abuse at West Virginia Boarding School

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A second lawsuit that alleged widespread sexual, physical and mental abuse at a now-closed West Virginia boarding school for troubled youths has been settled for about $50 million, to be paid by insurance carriers. Attorneys for …

West Virginia Boarding School Settles Abuse Lawsuit for $52M

A lawsuit alleging widespread abuse at a now-closed northern West Virginia boarding school has been settled for $52 million. The lawsuit was filed by 29 students of the former Miracle Meadows School in Salem in 2017. It was settled late …

Family Sues Over West Virginia School’s Use of Walking as Discipline

A student’s family is suing West Virginia’s Berkeley County Schools over a school’s use of walking as a form of discipline. The lawsuit says Mountain Ridge Intermediate School’s policy violates state law prohibiting corporal punishment. According to the lawsuit, the …

Abuse Complaints Against Private West Virginia School Released

A former West Virginia boarding school for troubled youths was named in more than a dozen complaints of abuse and mistreatment over the past five years, one involving a student who allegedly volunteered a younger sibling to other residents for …