Bishop Coal Co. v. Salyers

NEELY, Justice:

We granted this appeal to explore two issues of substantial concern in the administration of the West Virginia human rights law. The first of these issues is a review of our holdings in Human Rights Commission v. Pauley, 158 W.Va. 495, 212 S.E.2d 77 (1975) and Human Rights Commission v. Pearlman Rlty. Agcy., 161 W.Va. 1, 239 S.E.2d 145 (1977), which allowed the West Virginia Human Rights Commission to award incidental “damages when warranted by the evidence, such award being always subject to judicial review.” Pauley 158 W.Va. at 502, 212 S.E.2d at 80. The second issue concerns…