Long column for a record in SQL 2000 (change to text data type?)

I have to port a project to SQL 2000.  I have not written in SQL 2000 for a long time so would appreciate any help.  It currently has a table with several medium and one long varchar columns - the long one is CaseDescription.  I converted the CaseDescription to varchar(8000), however I still get the warning:
-- Warning: The table 'CaseDetails' has been created but its maximum row size (14025) exceeds the maximum number of bytes per row (8060). INSERT or UPDATE of a row in this table will fail if the resulting row length exceeds 8060 bytes.

So I realize I have two options:
1) store this column in a separate table that I link to
2) Use the text type

I am thinking of using the text type, but am so rusty I can't remember all the details of doing so.  Even when changing the type to text there is a length that defaults to 16.  Is that bytes - do I need to set it?

Also for my stored procedures that insert into this table how do I need to change them? (there is no updates to the CaseDetails - the just an original insert - the case is then "edited/modified" with subsequent followups stored elsewhere - so this specific column never changes)

Here is an example stored procedure (shorted to focus on just this question) ("..." indicates more columns/code not shown/relevant)

Finally are there any considerations in my stored procedures or ASP.NET application when reading back out the text data type?  I seem to recall that in the query analyzer you only see the first part of the text, but that it is fine for other applications.  Is that correct?

Thanks for any help.

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CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[CaseCreate]
	@CaseId int,
	@CaseDate DateTime,
	@ReporterLastName varchar(75),
	@ReporterFirstName varchar(75),
	@Comment varchar(8000),
	...
AS
 
INSERT INTO dbo.CaseDetails(CaseId, CaseDate, ReporterLastName, ReporterFirstName, Comment, ...)
VALUES (@CaseId, @CaseDate, @ReporterLastName, @ReporterFirstName, @Comment, ...)
 
...