STATE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION v. PAULEY

No. 13473.

212 S.E.2d 77 (1975)

STATE of West Virginia HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION, etc. v. Edith M. PAULEY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

February 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin D. Cleckley, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Morgantown, Guy R. Bucci, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Charleston, for appellant.

John H. Reed, Jr., South Charleston, for appellee.


CAPLAN, Justice:

The principal issue to be determined on this appeal is whether the West Virginia Human Rights Commission has the statutory authority under the Human Rights Act as set out in W.Va.Code, 1931, 5-11-1 et seq., as amended, to make an award of monetary damages to a victim of unlawful discrimination as defined in that Act. A secondary issue is whether the award of monetary damages made by the West Virginia Human...

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