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Officials Defend Safety of West Virginia Bridges After AP Report
Sep 17 2013 // State highway officials say West Virginia’s bridges are safe despite dozens that are both in disrepair and at risk of collapse if hit hard enough in the wrong place. An Associated Press review of federal records...
West Virginia Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Massey Investor Suit
Sep 16 2013 // The state Supreme Court has denied a bid by institutional shareholders in the former Massey Energy Co. to revive a lawsuit they filed two weeks after the Upper Big Branch mine disaster. In an order released Friday, the...
West Virginia’s $50M Insurance Costs Driven by Storm, Prisoner Settlements
Sep 13 2013 // A major storm and settlements of inmate lawsuits contributed to a nearly $20 million increase in the West Virginia Board of Risk and Insurance Management’s claims expenses. The agency’s annual report shows that...
West Virginia Municipalities Eye Lien on Insurance Payments to Combat Blight
Sep 10 2013 // Municipalities in West Virginia are asking lawmakers for help in their battle against blight. A resolution endorsed by the West Virginia Municipal League earlier this year at its annual conference seeks an amendment to the...
West Virginia Supreme Court Weighs Municipal Liability for Dog Attack Death
Sep 9 2013 // The state Supreme Court has been asked to decide whether the Monroe County Commission and a dog warden are responsible for the 2009 death of a man who was attacked by neighborhood dogs. The justices heard arguments last...
West Virginia Court Caseload Drop Tied to Workers’ Comp Reform
Sep 9 2013 // The number of filings in the state Supreme Court was the lowest in more than 25 years in 2012, according to a report presented to West Virginia lawmakers. The report by court clerk Rory Perry says there were 1,524 cases...
West Virginia Family Sues Over Accident Photo
Sep 4 2013 // The family of a Rainelle, West Virginia man who died in a traffic accident is suing an ambulance company and an emergency medical technician for allegedly circulating photos of the victim’s corpse. The lawsuit in...
Investors Ask West Virginia Supreme Court to Reopen Case Against Massey
Sep 4 2013 // Institutional shareholders in the former Massey Energy Co. want the state Supreme Court to revive a lawsuit they filed two weeks after the Upper Big Branch mine disaster. Lawyers for the California State Teachers’...
West Virginia Says Resort Owner’s Illegal Dam Is Flood Hazard
Aug 29 2013 // Billionaire coal company and resort owner Jim Justice is in a war of words with the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection over an illegally built dam at a gated golf course community, a 17-foot-high...
West Virginia Coal Contractor Charged in Workers’ Comp Scheme
Aug 23 2013 // A southern West Virginia coal company contractor has been charged with conspiring to defraud the federal government. Aracoma Contracting LLC of Williamson is accused of structuring cash withdrawals in increments of $10,000...
West Virginia Report Says Fracking No Threat to Air Quality
Aug 22 2013 // A state study says no new rules are needed to protect West Virginia’s air quality from natural gas drilling. State lawmakers were presented with the study’s results during an interim committee meeting this...
West Virginia High Court Caseload Drop Tied to Workers’ Comp Reform
Aug 21 2013 // The number of filings in the state Supreme Court reached its lowest level in more than 25 years in 2012, according to a report presented to West Virginia lawmakers. The report by court clerk Rory Perry says there were...
West Virginia Pays $75K to Settle Single-Sex Classroom Complaint
Aug 9 2013 // The West Virginia Board of Risk and Insurance Management paid $75,000 to resolve a lawsuit that challenged single-sex classrooms in Wood County. Board executive director Chuck Jones revealed the amount in response to a...
West Virginia University Initiative Cuts Workers’ Comp Costs
Aug 6 2013 // West Virginia University has reduced its workers’ compensation costs by about $600,000 and is looking for more ways to save money. WVU Office of Risk Management head Mike Ganso tells The Dominion Post that the effort...
West Virginia Man Pleads Guilty to False Mine Safety Reporting
Jul 31 2013 // A southern West Virginia mine foreman faces up to five years in prison after pleading guilty to falsifying safety reports at four mining operations. Federal prosecutors say 36-year-old Craig Belcher of Bluefield pleaded...
West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Loss Cost Rate Falls for 9th Straight Year
Jul 23 2013 // Workers’ compensation loss costs are going down in West Virginia for the ninth consecutive year since the market was privatized. The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCC), which files rates on behalf of...
West Virginia Property Insurance Market Stable
Jul 22 2013 // West Virginia property owners in general didn’t see a huge uptick in insurance premiums after making claims from last summer’s massive windstorm, state data shows. Figures compiled by the state insurance...
West Virginia Natural Gas Explosion Injures at Least 5
Jul 8 2013 // An explosion over the weekend at a natural gas well site in West Virginia operated by Antero Resources injured at least five people, prompting state and federal investigations, local officials and Antero said on Monday. A...
West Virginia Secretary Fired Over Facebook Wants Case in State Court
Jul 3 2013 // A secretary who says she was fired over a Facebook posting made on her own time and at her home computer wants her wrongful discharge lawsuit sent back to Ohio County (West Virginia) Circuit Court. Sonya Olako filed a...
West Virginia Property Insurance Stable Despite 2012 Storm Payouts
Jul 1 2013 // West Virginia property owners in general didn’t see a huge uptick in insurance premiums after making claims from last summer’s massive windstorm, state data shows. Figures compiled by the state Insurance...
