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West Virginia Appeals Court Reverses $7M Jury Award in Ford Fatality Lawsuit
Dec 11 2023 // An appeals court in West Virginia on Friday reversed a $7 million award in a product liability lawsuit against the Ford Motor Co. to the family of a woman who died when her Ford Mustang was involved in a fiery crash. The...
Virginia House Explosion Follows Flare Gun, Firearm Shots
Dec 5 2023 // An explosion tore through a house in Arlington, Virginia Monday evening after police spent hours attempting to get the occupant who was shooting a flare gun to stop shooting and come outside. At approximately 4:45 p.m.,...
Business Moves
Dec 4 2023 // National Travelers, Corvus Insurance Holdings The Travelers Companies said it has agreed to buy cyber managing general underwriter Corvus Insurance Holdings Inc. for about $435 million for its middle-market excess and...
$40M Lawsuit by Virginia Teacher Shot by Student Can Proceed
Dec 4 2023 // A teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can press forward with her $40 million lawsuit against a school system over claims of negligence by school administrators, a judge has ruled. The surprise...
Wildfires Prompt North Carolina, Tennessee Campgrounds to Evacuate; West Virginia Blaze Contained
Nov 22 2023 // Wildfires prompted campgrounds in North Carolina and Tennessee to evacuate starting Sunday while firefighters prepared for high winds and low humidity on Monday, though officials hoped for some help from expected rain. The...
Best Agency to Work For – East Gold Winner: National Church Group Agency
Nov 20 2023 // Caring for Employees and Clients Alike The National Church Group Insurance Agency’s mission is to protect its clients’ missions. For nearly four decades, the Leesburg, Virginia-based organization has secured...
Virginia School System Says Former Student’s Sex Assault Lawsuit Is a Fraud
Nov 15 2023 // Allegations that a northern Virginia seventh-grader was repeatedly raped and sexually assaulted at her school more than a decade ago were totally fabricated, lawyers for the school system contend in a court filing seeking...
West Virginia Taps $4 Million in Insurance to Pay Settlement With Inmates
Nov 13 2023 // The state of West Virginia has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by inmates who described conditions at a jail as inhumane, an attorney for the plaintiffs said. Attorney Stephen New disclosed...
Lawsuit on West Virginia Jail Conditions Has Been Settled
Nov 9 2023 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A lawsuit filed by inmates who described conditions at a southern West Virginia jail as inhumane has been settled, a federal judge said Tuesday, a week after a magistrate judge said some...
Virginia Governor Declares State of Emergency Over Wildfires
Nov 8 2023 // Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin has declared a state of emergency to assist firefighter response efforts on two wildfires around the state due to dry conditions and high winds. Two fires—the Quaker Run Fire in Madison...
Local Governments in West Virginia Will Soon See Opioid Settlement Money
Nov 8 2023 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Local governments in West Virginia will start seeing opioid settlement money by the year`s end, the board in charge of distributing the lion’s share of around $1 billion in funds...
Honeycomb Insurance, Using Tech to Bypass Property Inspections, Expands to Virginia
Nov 7 2023 // Honeycomb Insurance, a which says its technology eliminates the need for physical property inspections, has won regulator approval to write policies in Virginia. The company, which began operating in 2021, writes in 15...
Off-duty US Park Police Unintentionally Shot Fellow Officer in Virginia, Police Say
Nov 7 2023 // McLEAN, Va. (AP) — An off-duty U.S. Park Police officer fatally shot another off- duty officer in a Virginia apartment in what local authorities are describing preliminarily as an unintentional shooting involving...
Judge Rules Virginia Teacher Shot by Student Can Proceed with $40 Million Lawsuit
Nov 6 2023 // A teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student in Virginia can press forward with her $40 million lawsuit against a school system over claims of negligence by school administrators, a judge ruled Friday. The surprise...
Evertree Adds Virginia’s Prosper Insurance to Acquisitions
Nov 3 2023 // Connecticut-based independent insurance broker Evertree Insurance Services, LLC said it finalized its acquisition of Virginia Beach-based Prosper Insurance on November 1, bolstering its presence in the Mid-Atlantic...
Lawyers Argue Over Workers’ Compensation for Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old
Oct 30 2023 // Lawyers sparred in a Virginia courtroom Friday over whether a teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student should get only workers` compensation for her serious injuries. Abby Zwerner is suing Newport News Public Schools...
Suit by Teacher Shot by 6-Year-Old Student Asks If Workers’ Compensation Is Enough
Oct 27 2023 // A heated debate has emerged about the once-unimaginable shooting of a teacher by her 6-year-old student: How should the school district take care of the teacher? Should she only get workers’ compensation for her...
Autopsies Delayed as WV Pathologists Asked to Do Double the Industry Standard
Oct 19 2023 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Forensic pathologists in West Virginia are being asked to perform at least twice as many autopsies as the national best practice standard, resulting in significant delays, the state office of...
Virginia School Bus Crash Injures 12 Children and Driver
Oct 18 2023 // A bus driver and 12 children were hurt when a school bus headed to a southeastern Virginia elementary school overturned Monday morning, officials said. City of Suffolk spokesperson Jennifer Moore said the crash happened...
Report on Virginia Beach Mass Shooting Stresses Training for Police, Fund for Victims
Oct 17 2023 // A state commission has called for numerous changes to how Virginia and its communities respond to mass shootings, from establishing a victims` fund to teaching people how to slow bleeding before paramedics arrive. But the...
