On May 30, 2019, Bailey & Wyant, PLLC Equity Member Kelly Morgan and Of Counsel Kristen Hammond of the Charleston office successfully secured summary judgment for their clients in Kanawha County Circuit Court.

Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Hammond successfully defended the West Virginia Department of Human Resources against claims of breach of contract, promissory estoppel, as well as negligent and fraudulent inducement, concealment and execution. 

Mrs. Morgan and Mrs. Hammond successfully argued that DHHR was entitled to be dismissed based on sovereign immunity, qualified immunity, and the gist of the action doctrine.