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RICHMOND, Va. – A federal appeals court has sent a case involving administrative fees for people who don’t pay West Virginia Turnpike tolls back to district court.
Blazine Monaco of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, filed her potential class-action complaint in federal court against the authority. According to her complaint, Monaco drove through West Virginia on September 7, 2018, and again two days later. Each day, she encountered cash only tolls on the Turnpike. She did not have cash and was not able to pay with a debit or credit card because electronic forms of payment are not accepted at Turnpike toll booths. The following month, Monaco says she received an Unpaid Toll Violation Notice in the mail from the Parkways Authority. It said failure to pay the tolls and...