Latest Virginia Headlines
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West Virginia AG Reaches Settlement Over Unlawfully Repossessed Vehicles
Aug 27 2018 // West Virginia’s attorney general says his office has reached a settlement over allegations that a leasing company unlawfully repossessed vehicles. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a release that the...
Kentucky Fines Justice Companies Additional $3M Over Coal Mine Clean-Ups
Aug 24 2018 // West Virginia Governor Jim Justice’s family coal companies are breaching their environmental responsibilities, according to Kentucky regulators, who are seeking millions in additional fines for surface mining areas...
Study Says Uber Had No Impact on Some Crash Rates in Virginia
Aug 21 2018 // A recent study finds no evidence that ride-hailing app Uber reduced the number of serious car wrecks in Virginia. The research also found no change in the likelihood that a fatal crash involved alcohol. The College of...
Judge Dismisses Certain Claims in West Virginia Industrial Fire Suit
Aug 14 2018 // A federal judge has dismissed part of a lawsuit in connection with an industrial fire in West Virginia. The Parkersburg News and Sentinel reports U.S. District Judge Thomas E. Johnson dismissed most of the claims made in a...
Virginia Forms Task Force to Block Worker Misclassification
Aug 14 2018 // Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed an executive order establishing a task force to come up with a plan to prevent worker misclassification and payroll fraud. The state estimates that the misclassification of...
Assurance Marks Move to Mid-Atlantic Region with Open House at Virginia Office
Aug 9 2018 // Washington D.C. business owners joined Assurance on August 6, 2018, at its new office location in Arlington, Va., to celebrate the independent insurance brokerage’s official move into the Mid-Atlantic...
West Virginia to Eliminate Workers’ Compensation Defense Division
Aug 8 2018 // The West Virginia Attorney General’s Office is eliminating its Division of Employment Programs and Workers’ Compensation Defense, resulting in the loss of 10 jobs. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the...
Virginia Man Charged in Boat Crash that Killed Friend
Aug 2 2018 // A grand jury has indicted a Virginia man in a boat crashed that killed his friend. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports authorities say 32-year-old John Randolph Hooper was indicted on a charge of involuntary manslaughter...
Regulators Propose $2.2M Settlement with CSX Over West Virginia Derailment
Aug 1 2018 // Federal officials have announced a $2.2 million proposed settlement with CSX Transportation to resolve the company’s liability for water pollution violations stemming from a train derailment that caused an oil spill...
Three Workers Hurt in Virginia Custom Machinery Plant Explosion
Jul 27 2018 // An explosion has injured three workers at a company in Virginia that makes custom machinery. News outlets report the employees were hurt Wednesday in the explosion at Thomas Industrial Fabrication in Woolwine, Va. Patrick...
West Virginia to Get $690M for Flood Management Projects
Jul 25 2018 // West Virginia will receive $690 million in federal funding for flood management and repair projects. U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin and Shelley Moore Capito announced the funding July 18 from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. A...
Virginia’s The Hilb Group Acquires Southern Maryland Insurance
Jul 24 2018 // The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired Southern Maryland Insurance Inc. (SMI). The transaction became effective July 1, 2018. Located in Bowie, Md., SMI is primarily a property/casualty insurance agency offering coverages...
The Legal Engine Driving More Than 800 Lawsuits Against Opioid Makers
Jul 24 2018 // The place might sound familiar, even if you’ve never been there: the Appalachian foothills, down by the Ohio River, where the sirens scream addiction and death. Twenty-six overdoses in one afternoon. The highest...
Core Assurance Partners Acquires Virginia’s E.L. Creech & Co.
Jul 20 2018 // Core Assurance Partners, a financial services company headquartered in Hampton Roads, Va., has acquired E. L. Creech & Co. Inc., a fourth-generation, family-owned property and casualty firm based in Virginia Beach,...
Lawsuit Claims Virginia Cruise Ship’s No-Slip Floor Caused Cornhole Injury
Jul 12 2018 // The owners of a popular dinner cruise ship in Virginia are being sued by a customer who says the ship’s no-skid flooring worked too well. The lawsuit in federal court accuses the Spirit of Norfolk cruise ship of...
Police Say Pilot’s Body Found, Raising Virginia Helicopter Crash Toll to Two
Jul 12 2018 // An official from the National Transportation Safety Board says emergency responders have recovered the body of the pilot of a small helicopter that crashed into a Virginia condominium. NTSB Air Safety Investigator Doug...
West Virginia Supreme Court: Widow Entitled to Husband’s Workers’ Comp
Jul 2 2018 // The West Virginia Supreme Court says a Rhode Island woman whose husband died of carbon monoxide poisoning at a hotel is entitled to West Virginia workers’ compensation benefits. The state Workers’ Compensation...
West Virginia Issues Violation Notices to Mountain Valley Pipeline Project
Jun 28 2018 // West Virginia regulators have issued two additional violation notices to the Mountain Valley Pipeline project. The Charleston Gazette-Mail reports the two additional violation notices to the pipeline project are for water...
Cycling Safety: Insurance Industry, Virginia Tech Rate Biker Helmets
Jun 27 2018 // The next time you hop on a bicycle to head across town, consider this: your helmet may not perform well enough in an accident. A first-of-its-kind study using the latest techniques for simulating head injuries found...
Flooding in Virginia Closes Airport, Traps Several Drivers
Jun 25 2018 // Officials say flooding and severe weather in Virginia have closed the state capital’s airport and trapped some motorists. Richmond International Airport tweeted that it was closing due to flooding for several hours...
