WESTON, W.Va. — A state Supreme Court decision says Mon Health will have to get a Certificate of Need if it’s going to build a new Stonewall Jackson Memorial Hospital near I-79 at Weston.

The opinion, authored by Chief Justice Bill Wooton, said both the West Virginia Health Care Authority and the state Intermediate Court of Appeals erred when it ruled a CON was not needed.

The proposed facility has been opposed by WVU Medicine St. Joseph’s Hospital in nearby Buckhannon.

Wooton said it’s clear Mon Health plans to construct a new building for the hospital and that requires a CON.

Mon Health President and CEO David Goldberg, who is also the Executive Vice President of Vandalia Health, provided the following statement to MetroNews Friday after the future of the project:

“While we are disa

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