Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Asbestos Discovery in West Virginia Results in Post Office Closure
Sep 16 2008 // The discovery of asbestos in crumbled ceiling tile resulted in the temporary closure of the Davis, West Virginia Post Office. U.S. Postal Service officials don’t yet know when the Tucker County site will reopen. The...
West Virginia Mines Make Progress on Refuge Chambers
Sep 15 2008 // Manufacturers delivered nearly 200 airtight refuge chambers to West Virginia coal mines. State regulators became the first in the nation to mandate the chambers after 12 trapped men died after a January 2006 explosion at...
Feds give West Virginia $250K to Study Disaster Plans
Sep 12 2008 // West Virginia will begin studying ways to recover economically from natural disasters, particularly in parts of the state perpetually hit hard by flooding. The federal Economic Development Administration announced Sept. 8...
Feds Complete West Virginia Explosion Report
Sep 12 2008 // Federal investigators are wrapping up a probe of a fatal propane explosion at a Raleigh County, West Virginia convenience store in January 2007. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board said it will release its final report on the...
West Virginia Insurance Department Going Paperless
Sep 11 2008 // The West Virginia Insurance Commission sent a heads-up to all insurance companies licensed to do business in the state, informing them that the department will accept only electronic rate and form filings beginning in...
Panel Head: West Virginia Explosion Probe will Take Months
Sep 3 2008 // The head of a federal board investigating a deadly Bayer Crop Science plant explosion in Institute, West Virginia says the probe will take at least six months. U.S. Chemical Safety Board Chairman John Bresland said at an...
West Virginia Hospital to Pay $11.5M to Settle Fight with Surgeon
Aug 29 2008 // A four-year battle between Charleston Area Medical Center and a surgeon over malpractice insurance is over. CAMC’s trustees agreed Aug. 27 to pay $11.5 million to Dr. R.E. Hamrick Jr. Hamrick agreed to end his legal...
West Virginia Malpractice Cases Rising
Aug 26 2008 // The West Virginia Medical Association says the number of medical malpractice lawsuits against West Virginia doctors and hospitals is going back up. But recent claims are still below the totals reported earlier this decade,...
West Va. Logger Lawsuits Revived
Aug 21 2008 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has revived a pair of lawsuits seeking damages from timber, mining and land companies for devastating 2001 floods. The court reinstated a 2006 jury verdict that improper logging practices...
Figures
Aug 21 2008 // $900,000 The amount a Jackson County, Mississippi jury returned in a verdict for a Pascagoula couple who sued their insurer for unpaid Hurricane Katrina damages. Retired Navy Admiral James Lisanby and his wife sued USAA...
West Virginia Mine Closed Pending Safety Investigation
Aug 18 2008 // A West Virginia coal mine where two scoop accidents occurred within three months, including one fatal, has been closed during an investigation into the most recent incident. The West Virginia Office of Miners’...
Hudgins to Join Staff of the Virginia Big I Insurance Agents
Aug 18 2008 // Following a brief retirement, Joe Hudgins, formerly vice president of Underwriting for ALFA Alliance Insurance Co., will join the staff of the Independent Insurance Agents of Virginia as the association’s new vice...
West Virginia Governor, DuPont Met over Appeal of $196M Verdict
Aug 15 2008 // Gov. Joe Manchin’s office acknowledged that he conferred twice with chemical giant DuPont as it planned to appeal a $196 million punitive damage award in a West Virginia pollution case. His office also reviewed a...
3 West Virginia Miners Injured in Barbour County Accident
Aug 13 2008 // Three miners in West Virginia sustained injuries in a scoop accident at a Barbour County mine where an 18-year-old contractor’s apprentice was run over and killed by a scoop in May. Office of Miners’ Health,...
20 Teams Meet in West Virginia to Compete in Mine Rescue Contest
Aug 13 2008 // Twenty mine rescue teams from four states are gathering in Morgantown, West Virginia to test their skills. A mine rescue competition scheduled for Aug. 13 and Aug. 14 will include simulated underground mine emergencies,...
West Virginia Officials Rip Proposed Shelter Regulations
Aug 5 2008 // Officials in West Virginia, the country’s largest underground coal-producing state, lashed out against proposed federal regulations that would mandate airtight emergency refuges in more than 600 underground coal...
Erie Insurance Expands Auto Coverage for Pets in Virginia
Aug 5 2008 // For decades, Erie Insurance auto policies have paid for first aid to others’ animals at the time of an accident. Now, all Erie Insurance personal auto policies in Virginia include injury coverage for their own pets,...
People
Aug 4 2008 // Jacksonville, Florida-based insurer The Main Street America Group named Joe Meholic president of its Richmond, Virginia region. In his new role as regional president, Meholic will be accountable for the direction,...
West Virginia-based BrickStreet Makes Early Note Payment
Aug 1 2008 // BrickStreet President and CEO Gregory A. Burton announced the Charleston, West Virginia-based workers’ compensation insurer made an extra, unscheduled payment of $60 million to the state of West Virginia toward...
Virginia Plans Hearing on Workers’ Compensation Premiums
Aug 1 2008 // The Virginia State Corporation Commission is setting an October 28 hearing to consider adjustments in premiums charged for workers’ compensation insurance. The National Council on Compensation Insurance has requested...
