All the headlines from our West Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 8 2008 // 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...
Jan 8 2008 // 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...
Jan 3 2008 // At least four West Virginia University fraternities still can’t move back into the houses they were evicted from last spring.Houses for Phi Gamma Delta, Phi Delta Theta, Pi Kappa Phi and Phi Sigma Kappa were...
Dec 27 2007 // Eight lawsuits alleging medical malpractice by a former West Virginia doctor can continue toward trial while he settles his debts in bankruptcy court, a judge has ordered.Dr. John A. King consented to the rulings issued...
Dec 23 2007 // The move to privatize the state’s workers’ compensation fund and rebrand it as BrickStreet Mutual has received mostly positive reviews, even from injured workers and their attorneys. The next phase in the...
Dec 21 2007 // West Virginia’s mine safety chief has delayed deployment of steel-shelled shelters in underground coal mines because they could not meet a state standard for internal temperatures during testing.Ron Wooten, director...
Dec 5 2007 // 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...
Dec 4 2007 // West Virginia Insurance Commission officials arrested two Logan County women last week for alleged computer fraud and forgery.Lisa K. Hall, 26, of Man, and Cynthia B. Hall, age unknown, of Mitchell Heights, were charged...
Dec 3 2007 // Massey Energy Co. is facing another lawsuit over a fatal fire at one of its mines in West Virginia.Wyatt Robinson’s lawsuit claims Richmond, Va.-based Massey and a subsidiary, Aracoma Coal Company Inc., failed to...
Nov 30 2007 // West Virginia Insurance officials arrested three individuals in Putnam County for alleged insurance fraud.The Insurance Commissioner’s Fraud Unit arrested Diana K. Phillips, 52, of Hurricane, Charles Keith Phillips,...
Nov 18 2007 // When talk turns to insurance in West Virginia, inevitably workers’ compensation comes up. No one knows that better than Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline. In a recent interview with Insurance Journal‘s Andrew...
Nov 14 2007 // West Virginia Insurance Commission officials arrested two Kanawha County women on insurance fraud related charges.A State Trooper assigned to the Insurance Commission’s Fraud Unit in Charleston arrested Linda Jett...
Nov 12 2007 // Allstate customers in West Virginia will be paying less for homeowners’ insurance. The company announced last week that West Virginia homeowners with Allstate insurance policies will get an average rate cut of 10...
Nov 8 2007 // House of Thaller Inc. has expanded its recall of smoked salmon dips sold in West Virginia and 19 other states.The company is recalling an additional 11,177 pounds of dip packaged in 7.5-ounce containers using the Kroger...
Nov 7 2007 // 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...
Oct 27 2007 // West Virginia legislators learned recently 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...
Oct 23 2007 // To reduce the risk of catastrophic wildfires due to drought, Gov. Joe Manchin issued a proclamation that bans all outdoor burning throughout West Virginia effective Oct. 18.The ban, prompted by drought conditions and...
Oct 22 2007 // A West Virginia court convicted DuPont of wanton, willful and reckless conduct, and ordered the company to pay $196.2 million in punitive damages for its actions at a former zinc-smelting plant, where residents claimed the...
Oct 17 2007 // DuPont Co. should pay about $55.5 million for property cleanup claims arising from a West Virginia industrial waste site, a Harrison County jury decided Monday.The decision came in the third phase of a trial in a...
Oct 12 2007 // DuPont Co. must provide medical monitoring for about 7,000 West Virginia residents who were exposed to arsenic, cadmium and lead contamination from a waste site at a former Harrison County smelter, a jury said...