By Ken Bustin
Moorefield Examiner
Hardy County Prosecutor Lucas See and the Hardy County Commission were named Defendants in two civil actions brought last week by Prosecutor’s Office employees Jessica Liller and Laiken Shoemaker.
The lawsuits, which were rumored to be in the offing for several weeks, were filed in Hardy County Court last Monday. Although each Plaintiff filed a separate Complaint, it is likely the two cases will be tried together. Each contains the same four Counts against See – Sexual Harassment, Retaliation, Battery and False Imprisonment.
Attempts to contact See and Assistant Prosecutor Orin Staggers, both for comment on the case and to determine if there are changes in the Prosecutor’s Office operations during the pendency of the civil case and criminal investigation, were unsuccessful, and neither returned the calls.