BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. may have the lock on West Virginia’s workers’ compensation insurance business now but that doesn’t mean others aren’t interested. State Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline said at least nine major insurers have approached her agency about entering …
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Alabama ceiling “It’s horrible. Rates have gone through the ceiling.” — Fort Morgan, Ala., builder Greg Miller who said he paid $22,000 in coverage on four condo units before Katrina and now pays $108,000 on his units for less coverage. …
Two West Virginia women were indicted earlier this month on one felony count each of worker’s compensation insurance fraud. If convicted, Erin Chinn and Robin Bird of Cabell County, W. Va., face one to 10 years in prison and a …
West Virginia officials indicted a Raleigh County woman earlier this month on one felony count of filing a fraudulent insurance claim. Robin Grose, 28, of Beckley, W. Va., allegedly filed a claim with her insurance company, United States Automobile Insurance …
A worker was killed Sunday in an underground coal mine in southern West Virginia, a state mine safety official said. Ron Wooten, director of the state Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training said one person died at the Mountain …
DuPont’s lawyers say the company is a good corporate neighbor but lawyers for 10 West Virginia property owners suing the chemical giant claim it puts profits ahead of community safety. Jurors heard these dueling portrayals Wednesday during opening arguments in …
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 nonprofit group is offering free assistance to miners who believe they have suffered retaliation from employers for reporting safety problems. The Appalachian Center For the Economy and Environment launched the West Virginia Mine Safety Project on Monday. Buckhannon lawyer …
From its grassy surface, the 112-acre mound seems harmless, a vast but benign-looking field ringed by hundreds of small homes. But signs wired to the chain-link fence hint at something potentially sinister lurking beneath. “No Trespassing,” they warn. “Contaminated materials …
