Taking Share of the Credit
By Fred Connors
The Intelligencer (WV)
August 21, 2008
WHEELING - West Virginia Chief Deputy Attorney General Frances Hughes did not speak during a hearing Wednesday in Wheeling concerning an $11.6 million settlement her office negotiated with Visa and MasterCard - but she had plenty to say when it was over.
After Ohio County Circuit Judge Ronald Wilson approved the settlement and exited the courtroom, Hughes confronted Steve Cohen, executive director of the West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, about his involvement in Wednesday's proceedings. Hughes, waving a finger in Cohen's face, called his organization into question.
