All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 27 2011 // Virginia motorists are being ticketed and convicted of a violation that is not a crime under state law: driving without proof of insurance.According to Virginia Lawyers Weekly, court records show that drivers in several...
Dec 20 2011 // West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw said last week that his office has sued Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and an auto repair shop.The attorney general says the defendants allegedly repaired vehicles with what...
Dec 19 2011 // Local and federal officials are telling Louisa County earthquake victims to not give up if they’ve been denied federal disaster assistance.Residents who registered for assistance due to the Aug. 23 earthquake can...
Dec 15 2011 // The City of Brotherly Love isn’t so lovely when it comes to the civil justice system, at least according to a national tort reform advocacy group.The Washington, D.C.-based American Tort Reform Association is out...
Dec 14 2011 // Virginia-based IT services provider CSC is forming an advisory board to help tackle cyber security issues in the insurance industry.It’s called the Insurance Cybersecurity Advisory Council. The company says the group...
Dec 14 2011 // Groups concerned about the safety of Dominion’s North Anna Nuclear Power Station are asking federal regulators to reevaluate their decision to allow the plant to restart.The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on...
Dec 13 2011 // Newly disclosed records show U.S. Labor Department officials stopped independent investigators from questioning how federal regulators handled methane leaks from the floor of the Upper Big Branch mine several times before...
Dec 9 2011 // The Virginia State Corporation Commission approved on Thursday revisions to the premium levels charged for workers’ comp insurance in Virginia. The changes will become effective April 1, 2012, for new and renewal...
Dec 7 2011 // Federal disaster aid approved for earthquake-related damage in Louisa County has topped $5 million.Federal and state emergency officials say most of the aid, $5.1 million, was approved for housing expenses such as home...
Dec 7 2011 // Coal miner Alpha Natural Resources has agreed to pay $1.5 million to each of the families of 29 miners killed in an explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia last year.The payments – part of a $209...
Dec 5 2011 // The rate of workplace injuries increased in 2010 in Virginia, but still remains below the national rate. The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk said a state Department of Labor and Industry report released last Thursday shows that...
Dec 4 2011 // A Buckhannon, West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to defrauding insurance companies by staging vehicle accidents and filing fake claims.Forty-two-year-old Christopher John Thrain pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud...
Nov 29 2011 // In light of the economic turmoil currently engulfing the United States and Europe, the Republican sweep in the 2010 midterm congressional elections, the various protests going on around the country and the upcoming...
Nov 28 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Chicago-based Virginia Surety Company, Inc, both with positive outlooks.The...
Nov 28 2011 // Another local school district in Virginia is facing a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over allegations of a child being assaulted on a school bus.The Daily Progress reports that an Appomattox County mother and her 10-year-old...
Nov 21 2011 // In light of the economic turmoil currently engulfing the United States and Europe, the Republican sweep in the 2010 midterm congressional elections, the various protests going on around the country and the upcoming...
Nov 18 2011 // More than $2.5 million in grants have been approved this month for Louisa County homeowners hit by a powerful Aug. 23 earthquake and its aftershocks.Federal Emergency Management Agency coordinating officer Donald Keldsen...
Nov 18 2011 // Settlements have been approved in the six remaining wrongful-death lawsuits filed by the families of miners who died in the 2006 Sago Mine disaster in West Virginia.Circuit Judge Charles King also signed off on several...
Nov 14 2011 // A Dominion Virginia Power spokesman says the company will appeal fines issued by the state over asbestos at its Surry nuclear power plant.The Daily Press says the Department of Labor and Industry ordered Dominion to pay...
Nov 8 2011 // A Charleston nursing home is challenging a $91 million damage award in a lawsuit stemming from the death of an elderly woman hours after she left the facility.Lawyers for Heartland of Charleston claim in a recent court...