Holt v. West Virginia-American Water Co.

Had Mr. Holt merely sought to challenge, through his lawsuit in the case sub judice, West Virginia-American Water Company’s (“WVAW’) rates or late charges on his regular monthly water bill that were not related to the series of water line leaks recounted in the majority’s opinion, I would wholeheartedly agree with the majority’s decision herein. However, in its zeal to quash Mr. Holt’s complaint, the majority of the Court has failed to appreciate the true import of Mr. Holt’s claims, which challenge not only WVAWs imposition of late charges upon water usage attributable to WVAWs own faulty…