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West Virginia Aims To Launch Mutual Insurance Company for Mine Reclamation
Jan 24 2022 // The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill that would create a mutual insurance company dedicated to coal mine reclamation costs. Sen. Blair Senate Bill 1, backed by Senate President Craig Blair, would help the state avoid...
Virginia Raises Minimum Auto Insurance Limits
Jan 11 2022 // Virginia has increased the liability insurance coverage required for vehicles in Virginia. The new law applies to vehicle insurance policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2022. On January 1, 2025, requirements...
Virginia Officials Defend Response to Snowed-in Gridlock on I-95
Jan 6 2022 // A winter storm that started as rain – meaning roads couldn’t be pretreated – followed by an unusually heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures resulted in the stranding of hundreds of motorists along a stretch of...
I-95 in Virginia Finally Opened After Hundreds Stranded in Snow
Jan 5 2022 // Road crews were finally able to clear snow and accidents enough to clear what some officials called an “unprecedented” number of stranded motorists along a 50-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Virginia. Both...
Retired Virginia Priest Charged With Child Sex Abuse
Dec 30 2021 // A retired priest who once oversaw the safety of children in a Catholic diocese in the Washington suburbs has been charged with sexually assaulting a child, Virginia’s attorney general announced Tuesday. A Fairfax...
Virginia Environmental Groups Sue Over James River Pollution
Dec 10 2021 // Two conservation organizations have filed a federal lawsuit against Henrico County in Virginia, alleging the county allowed tens of millions of gallons of raw sewage to seep into the James River and its tributaries over...
Virginia Fire Displaces Dozens, Causes Nearly $300K in Damages
Dec 9 2021 // Two people suffered life-threatening injuries and dozens of people have been displaced after a fire broke out at a Herndon apartment building, Fairfax County fire officials said. Firefighters responded to the apartments on...
Virginia School District Suit Settled Over Treatment of Students with Disabilities
Dec 1 2021 // Virginia’s largest school district has reached a settlement with parents and advocacy groups over the treatment of students with disabilities. The Washington Post reported that the settlement effectively ends more...
West Virginia High Court Slams St. Paul Fire, Blocks California Suit
Nov 17 2021 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has decided that a trial court has the authority to reach across the continent and halt an insurance carrier’s litigation in California, a move that could affect other opioid-related...
Ensurise Acquires Virginia’s Gerczak Insurance Agency
Oct 25 2021 // Effective October 15, 2021, independent insurance agency Ensurise LLC announced its acquisition of the property/casualty insurance brokerage business of Gerczak Insurance Agency Inc. Founded in 2007 by Gary R. Gerczak,...
McVey Named Next West Virginia Insurance Commissioner
Sep 27 2021 // Allan L. McVey has been appointed as West Virginia’s insurance commissioner. Gov. Jim Justice announced McVey’s appointment Wednesday. McVey fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Jim Dodrill. McVey...
Racial Discrimination Alleged at ABM Janitorial Services’ Maryland, Virginia Offices
Sep 21 2021 // The U.S. Department of Labor has filed an administrative complaint against ABM Janitorial Services after a compliance evaluation by the department’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs alleged systematic...
Ex-Owner of Virginia Assisted Living Facility Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Sep 17 2021 // The former owner of a Richmond, Virginia, assisted living facility pleaded guilty to health care fraud after spending more than $800,000 meant for residents’ care on travel, gambling expenses and personal debts,...
Alleged Sex Assault on Virginia School Band Trip Prompts Legal Split
Sep 3 2021 // The full panel of 15 appellate judges in Richmond has narrowly upheld a former northern Virginia high school student’s appeal to have her lawsuit against the school system reinstated after an alleged sexual assault...
School Board in Virginia to Pay ACLU’s Legal Costs Over Bathroom Lawsuit
Sep 1 2021 // A school board in Virginia has agreed to pay $1.3 million in legal costs to the American Civil Liberties Union after the nonprofit spent six years representing a student who sued over the board’s transgender bathroom...
West Virginia Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers Scheduled for April 2022 Trial
Aug 9 2021 // A lawsuit filed by the state of West Virginia accusing several drug manufacturers of misrepresenting the risks of their painkilling drugs will go to trial next April, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday. The...
Ex-West Virginia Mayor Pleads Guilty to Stealing Flood Relief Funds
Aug 6 2021 // A former mayor in West Virginia has pleaded guilty to stealing federal relief funds meant to rebuild his city after a massive 2016 flood. Ex-Richwood Mayor Bob Henry Baber, 70, pleaded guilty Monday in Nicholas County...
Virginia Judge Upholds Liberty University’s Suit Against Falwell
Aug 2 2021 // A Lynchburg judge has upheld most of a lawsuit Liberty University filed against its former leader, Jerry Falwell Jr., after an acrimonious parting last year. The lawsuit survived its first round of legal challenges Friday...
West Virginia Lawsuit Over Opioids Reaches Closing Arguments
Jul 29 2021 // Three major U.S. drug distributors should be held responsible for sending a “tsunami” of prescription pain pills that caused a health crisis in one corner of West Virginia, an attorney for local governments...
In Opioid Trial Closing, West Virginia Blames Drug Distributors. Distributors Blame Doctors.
Jul 28 2021 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawyers for a West Virginia city and county hard hit by the opioid crisis began wrapping up their case in a $2.5 billion trial on Tuesday arguing major drug distributors flooded the region with the...
