West Virginia’s insurance commissioner still objects, but lawmakers continue to pursue some role overseeing the privatization of the workers’ compensation system. A joint Judiciary Committee panel recently voted to advance a bill to require the commissioner to inform the Legislature …
A leading expert on the way West Virginia’s courts handle asbestos claims urged legislators Sunday to avoid proposed changes to the system. “Not only is it a mistake, it would be unnecessary,” retired Kanawha Circuit Judge Andrew MacQueen told an …
West Virginia’s insurance commissioner still objects, but lawmakers continue to pursue some role overseeing the privatization of the workers’ compensation system. A joint Judiciary Committee panel voted Sunday to advance a bill to require the commissioner to inform the Legislature …
Gov. Manchin at odds with lawmakers over system as it prepares for more private insurers The latest power struggle between W.Va. Gov. Joe Manchin’s administration and lawmakers spilled out into the open recently. Led by House Judiciary Chairwoman Carrie Webster, …
The latest power struggle between W. Va. Gov. Joe Manchin’s administration and lawmakers spilled out into the open last week, and those who attended the final meeting of the monthly interim session got a front-row seat. Led by House Judiciary …
County officials statewide hope a series of public hearings that began Monday will highlight the threat a string of double-digit health care premium increases pose to their budgets. The 41 counties that cover their workers through the state’s Public Employees …
West Virginia legislators learned Sunday that they have no one to blame but themselves for the loss of power over the rules that govern workers’ compensation claims and benefits. Lawmakers first ceded the rule-making powers in 1993, during one of …
At least some injured workers and the lawyers who help pursue their claims remain dissatisfied with West Virginia’s workers’ compensation system since it became the private, for-profit BrickStreet Insurance Co. Legislators fielded complaints from both groups during their three-day series …
A West Virginia judge upheld a $1.7 million malpractice judgment against a doctor who claimed the plaintiff had faked the injury, ruling that surveillance footage contradicted the allegation. Randolph County Circuit Judge John L. Henning’s order, filed earlier this month, …
HCA Inc. had nothing to do with the video posted on the Internet showing sealed evidence from several of the 122 medical malpractice cases against a former West Virginia osteopathic physician, lawyers have told a judge. A civil jury found …
