Latest West Virginia Headlines
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Monsanto $93 Million Settlement with West Virginia Residents Approved
Jan 29 2013 // A judge has given final approval to a settlement between chemical manufacturer Monsanto Co. and thousands of West Virginia residents over pollution claims. Circuit Judge Derek Swope in Putnam County approved the settlement...
West Virginia Municipal Insurer Balks at Defending Sheriff
Jan 25 2013 // The insurance pool for West Virginia county governments asked a judge Thursday to declare that it has no obligation to defend a Jefferson County sheriff who resigned in disgrace and pleaded guilty in the beating of a bank...
Federal Watchdog Issues Report on Gas Pipeline Safety
Jan 25 2013 // Federal regulators must account for response times in the data they collect from transmission operators on natural gas pipeline incidents, a congressional watchdog agency said this week. The U.S. Government Accountability...
2013 Insurance Industry Meetings & Conventions Directory
Jan 14 2013 // JANUARY P/C Insurance Joint Industry Forum Jan 15 Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, NY Insurance Information Institute www.iii.org 2013 Big ‘I’ Winter Meeting Jan 16-20 The Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa,...
Veteran Inspector White Named West Virginia Mine Safety Chief
Jan 2 2013 // A longtime mine inspector and safety official will now head such efforts in West Virginia, after Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin appointed Eugene White as director for the Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training. White...
West Virginia Judge Stops Insurer’s Use of Old Parts on New Cars
Dec 31 2012 // A Kanawha County judge has granted Attorney General Darrell McGraw’s request for a permanent injunction against an insurance company and a St. Albans body shop owner accused of illegally installing junkyard parts on...
West Virginia Explosion Reminder of Risk of Natural Gas Pipelines
Dec 14 2012 // Nearly 15,000 miles of natural gas pipeline stretch across West Virginia, and as residents of this community north of Charleston now know, devastating explosions can happen without warning. Federal regulators say there...
West Virginia Mine Blast Probe Widens, Top Executives Could Be Next
Nov 30 2012 // Federal prosecutors investigating the West Virginia mine explosion that killed 29 men have widened their net, filing criminal charges against a longtime Massey Energy executive who worked closely with former CEO Don...
Veterans’ Advocate Seeks to Change Attorneys’ Role in Disability Claims
Nov 26 2012 // David Huffman has helped thousands of military veterans seeking disability benefits navigate the complex, often slow and at times frustrating claims process. The Wood County, West Virginia lawyer can relate: he was a...
West Virginia Court Supports Lesbian’s Bias Claim in Lost Job Offer
Nov 19 2012 // A jury in West Virginia’s Kanawha County has concluded that members of a Charleston after school program rescinded a job offer to a woman after they discovered she is a lesbian. The jurors reached their verdict...
West Virginia Employers Seek Solutions for Drugs in Workplace
Nov 19 2012 // They might have red eyes and constricted pupils. They might be nodding off at their desk, if they show up at all. They might not be as certain as they should with a heavy piece of machinery, or maybe have let their...
How Voters Voted on State Court Justices
Nov 8 2012 // Voters around the country for the most part stood by incumbent state Supreme Court justices, including where Republicans, business groups and others targeted the judges for defeat. However, two incumbents on Ohio’s...
West Virginia Employers Seek Solutions for Drugs in Workplace
Nov 8 2012 // They might have red eyes and constricted pupils. They might be nodding off at their desk, if they show up at all. They might not be as certain as they should with a heavy piece of machinery, or maybe have let their...
BrickStreet Still No. 1 in West Virginia Workers’ Compensation Market
Nov 5 2012 // BrickStreet Insurance is still the dominant workers’ compensation insurer in West Virginia, despite competition from more than 200 other companies. The Legislature created BrickStreet in 2005 to replace what had been...
Report Links DuPont West Virginia Plant Chemical, Residents’ High Cholesterol
Oct 30 2012 // A science panel said it has found probable links between high cholesterol in mid-Ohio Valley residents and their exposure to a chemical used by a DuPont plant in West Virginia. The C8 Science Panel released its final...
West Virginia Tops State Farm’s Deer-Vehicle Crash List
Oct 25 2012 // State Farm says West Virginia continues to be the state where a vehicle is most likely to hit a deer. The Mountain State tops State Farm’s annual list for the sixth consecutive year. The Bloomington, Ill.-based...
Supreme Court Hears West Virginia Mine Widows’ Plea
Oct 19 2012 // Federal inspectors must share the blame — and therefore face a lawsuit — for a 2006 West Virginia coal mine fire that killed two miners, a lawyer for their widows argued at the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. Lawyer...
West Virginia Supreme Court Candidates Mindful of Critics
Oct 16 2012 // The four candidates for two seats on West Virginia’s Supreme Court differ on how to respond to criticism of the state’s judicial system from some business groups and others, each told The Associated...
West Virginia to Open Business Court
Oct 8 2012 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has decided that the newly created business court division will be headquartered in Martinsburg. The business court will focus on complex issues that arise in commercial litigation such as...
BrickStreet Remains Biggest Workers’ Compensation Writer in West Virginia
Oct 2 2012 // BrickStreet Insurance is still the dominant workers’ compensation insurer in West Virginia, despite competition from more than 200 other companies. The Legislature created BrickStreet in 2005 to replace what had been...
