CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As the countdown to the impending sale of West Virginia’s four long-term care facilities moves closer to the proposed closing date of Sept. 30, the threat of a lawsuit could pause the sale of one of those facilities.

State Sen. Joey Garcia, D-Marion, sent letters Tuesday to Gov. Patrick Morrisey and Michael Caruso, the cabinet secretary for the state Department of Health Facilities (DHF), providing a required 30-day notice of his intention to file a lawsuit.

Garcia, acting in a private capacity as an attorney for Mary DeVito, a resident at the John Manchin Sr. Health Care Center in Fairmont, is seeking an injunction against Morrisey and Caruso to prohibit the sale of the facility as part of an impending deal with New York-based Marx Development Group (MDG) and Majesti

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