Supreme Court sides with St. Joseph’s Hospital, puts the brakes on new Lewis County hospital

In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the West Virginia Supreme Court handed St. Joseph’s Hospital a major legal win, saying Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital in Weston must secure a Certificate of Need before building its new $56 million facility off I-79. The state’s high court struck down a so-called “unwritten rule” that was used to allow…

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