Latest West Virginia Headlines
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West Virginia Pays Millions for Prison Misconduct Claims
Jun 25 2013 // Sexual misconduct claims at prisons and regional jails have cost West Virginia nearly $12 million over the last decade. Board of Risk and Insurance Management records obtained by the Charleston Daily Mail show that...
Insurers Pay $600K in West Virginia Racism Case
Jun 17 2013 // Insurance companies will pay $600,000 to a former officer who sued the Sophia (West Virginia) Police Department over claims he was harassed and fired because he is black, Mayor Danny Barr said. That payout is more than the...
West Virginia Adopts Safety Measures, Video Monitoring for New Schools
Jun 7 2013 // New schools built in West Virginia will be required to have shatter-proof glass and exterior door alarms. The requirements are among several safety measures approved by the West Virginia School Building Authority during a...
West Virginia Woman Sues Sheriff Over Alleged Facebook Firing
Jun 6 2013 // A secretary who says she was fired over a Facebook posting made from her home computer and on her own time is suing a West Virginia sheriff’s department for federal civil rights violations. Sonya Olako said she was...
Environmental Groups Sue Landowners Over Mountaintop Mining in West Virginia
Jun 3 2013 // Environmental activists say three reclaimed mountaintop removal mining sites are still polluting West Virginia waterways, and they’re suing the current landowners in a novel attempt to stop it. The lawsuits filed in...
N.Y. Assembly’s Anti-Concurrent Causation Bill Moves Forward
May 24 2013 // The New York State Assembly’s insurance committee on Thursday approved a bill that would prohibit the insurers’ use of anti-concurrent causation (ACC) clauses in the state. The bill, A07455, is now eligible to...
Judge Recuses Herself from West Virginia University Degree Lawsuit
May 24 2013 // U.S. District Judge Irene Keeley has disqualified herself from hearing a lawsuit filed over a 6-year-old degree scandal at West Virginia University, citing a federal statute that requires judges to step aside if their...
New Lawsuit Filed Against West Virginia University in Degree Scandal
May 20 2013 // Two former business school deans caught up in a master’s degree scandal six years ago are suing West Virginia University again, arguing the school has ignored its obligation to repair their tarnished...
Insurers Pay $600K in Small Town West Virginia Racism Case
May 16 2013 // Insurance companies will pay $600,000 to a former officer who sued the Sophia Police Department over claims he was harassed and fired because he is black, Mayor Danny Barr said. That payout is more than the small West...
Labor Union Report: 43 Killed on the Job in West Virginia in 2011
May 13 2013 // A new labor union report says 43 workers were killed on the job in 2011 in West Virginia, down from 95 the previous year that included a mine blast that killed 29. According to the report by the AFL-CIO, there were 4,693...
West Virginia Man Convicted of Burning Duplex for Insurance
May 13 2013 // A federal jury in West Virginia has convicted a Logan County man of burning his duplex to collect insurance money. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said on that 58-year-old Michael L. White of Chapmanville, W. Va., was found...
West Virginia Fiesta Dinnerware Maker Sues Over Knockoffs
May 10 2013 // West Virginia’s Homer Laughlin China Co. is suing two companies for selling what it claims are cheap Chinese imitations of its popular and collectible Fiesta dinnerware to an unsuspecting public. The Weirton Daily...
West Virginia Enforcing Texting While Driving Ban: 125 Convictions
May 7 2013 // In the first 10 months since a West Virginia law banned driving while texting or talking on a hand-held cell phone, 125 offenders have been convicted of doing just that. The Charleston Gazette said the number of...
Miners’ Union Takes Unusual Legal Turn to Save Benefits in Bankruptcy
May 1 2013 // As mineworkers and retirees battle to salvage their pensions and benefits from the bankruptcy of Patriot Coal Corp., lawyers for their union are trying an unusual gambit – and one that may be a test case for...
Massive Overhaul of West Virginia Health System Urged
Apr 22 2013 // Few states spend as much on health care as West Virginia, but you wouldn’t know it from the results. That has a new study urging major changes, both for health services generally and the government agency that helps...
State Farm: 4,400 Wind-Hail Damage Claims in West Virginia in 2012
Apr 22 2013 // State Farm says the most common homeowner insurance claims in West Virginia are from wind and hail damage. The insurance company says there were nearly 4,400 such claims in the state last year. State Farm says the average...
West Virginia Supreme Court Fills Business Court Vacancy
Apr 16 2013 // Circuit Court Judge Thomas Evans III has been appointed to the West Virginia court system’s Business Court Division. The West Virginia Supreme Court said Chief Justice Brent Benjamin named Evans to replace former...
West Virginia Advances Limit on Nursing Home Liability
Apr 15 2013 // The West Virginia legislature has moved to limit the liability that nursing homes can face in potential lawsuits. The bill passed unanimously Saturday by the House explicitly applies the state’s Medical Professional...
Remembering 29 Miners Lost in West Virginia Blast 3 Years Ago
Apr 8 2013 // As West Virginians marked the third anniversary of an explosion that killed 29 coal miners Friday, congressional Democrats called the lack of action on tougher mine safety legislation “shameful.” Gov. Earl Ray...
BrickStreet Auditor, 4 Coal Contractors Plead Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud
Apr 1 2013 // A workers’ compensation auditor and four coal company contractors in West Virginia have pleaded guilty to federal charges in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme. Federal prosecutors said that Arville Sargent pleaded...
