Latest Virginia Headlines
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West Virginia Spill Firm CEO Seeks Paycheck, Insurance Cover for Legal Fees
Mar 19 2014 // The president of the company that spilled chemicals into 300,000 West Virginians’ water supply wants to get paid for work during bankruptcy proceedings. In court documents Saturday, Freedom Industries President Gary...
West Virginia Pipeline Blast in 2012 Blamed on Corrosion
Mar 12 2014 // Severe corrosion caused a 2012 natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion in West Virginia that destroyed three houses and cooked a stretch of Interstate 77, and the incident likely could have been prevented if the...
West Virginia Lawmakers OK Chemical Spill Bill As Session Ends
Mar 11 2014 // Leading up to a midnight deadline, West Virginia lawmakers scrambled Saturday to give teachers raises and hike the minimum wage. A Jan. 9 chemical spill into the water supply loomed over the session, which began three days...
West Virginia Private Flood Insurance Bill Awaits Governor’s OK
Mar 10 2014 // The West Virginia House last Friday in a 86-8 vote passed a bill authorizing private insurers to sell flood insurance and setting out guidelines for regulation of the policies. The bill, SB 621, had previously passed the...
Judge OKs Settlement in Deadly 2010 West Virginia Plant Explosion
Mar 7 2014 // A judge has approved a settlement that resolves federal workplace and environmental civil charges at a plant in Hancock County where an explosion killed three workers in 2010. Under the settlement, metal recycler AL...
West Virginia Supreme Court to Hear Appeal of $91M Nursing Home Verdict
Mar 5 2014 // The West Virginia Supreme Court is set to hear arguments in a $91 million verdict against a Charleston nursing home. The Charleston Gazette reported that the justices will hear Heartland of Charleston’s appeal...
West Virginia Lawmakers Amend Chemical Spill Bill As Session Nears End
Mar 3 2014 // As time ticks away, West Virginia lawmakers are suggesting another face-lift for a bill that would tighten aboveground storage tank regulations and safeguard water systems against chemical spills. The House of Delegates...
Private Flood Insurance Bill Passes West Virginia Senate
Feb 24 2014 // A bill to create a private flood insurance option in West Virginia has passed unanimously in the Senate. Sen. Rocky Fitzsimmons said his bill provides residents with more flood insurance options and would help lower...
Damages Allowed Over Insurer’s Refusal to Defend West Virginia Man
Feb 24 2014 // A former Wyoming County (West Virginia) Council on Aging director can recover damages for aggravation and inconvenience from an insurance company that refused to represent him when the state sued him, a federal appeals...
Gay Marriage Battle Headed to Federal Courts
Feb 18 2014 // The overturning of Virginia’s gay marriage ban places the legal fight over same-sex unions increasingly in the hands of federal appeals courts shaped by President Barack Obama’s two election...
West Virginia Bill Would Authorize Sale of Private Flood Insurance
Feb 18 2014 // West Virginia state Senator Rocky Fitzsimmons (D-Ohio) has introduced a bill that would authorize private insurers to offer flood insurance in West Virginia. Since federal law changes in 2012, some West Virginians have...
In Virginia, 74,000-Plus Enrolled in Health Plans Through Insurance Marketplace
Feb 18 2014 // More than 74,000 Virginians have enrolled in health plans through the federal insurance marketplace. Figures from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services show that from Oct. 1 through Feb. 1, 28 percent of those...
Federal Judge: Virginia’s Gay-Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
Feb 14 2014 // Virginia’s ban on gay marriage was ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge who said it violated the equal-protection rights of the state’s residents including couples married legally in other states. The...
West Virginia Denied FEMA Grant for Chemical Spill
Feb 14 2014 // Federal officials have denied West Virginia’s request for emergency grants to reimburse first responders, nonprofits and public agencies that assisted during last month’s chemical spill. FEMA said in a letter...
Federal Appeals Court: U.S. Has Jurisdiction in Chinese Drywall Suits
Feb 13 2014 // U.S. courts have jurisdiction over claims that a Chinese drywall company’s defective product wrecked homes, and a company that failed to show up in court must pay $2.7 million for damage to seven Virginia couples, a...
Storm Dumps More Snow on Northeast After Icing Southeast for 2 Days
Feb 13 2014 // The winter storm that cut electricity to more than half a million customers across the South and grounded 10,000 flights this week turned its power on the U.S. Northeast, bringing heavy snow from Virginia to Maine. In...
Damages Allowed Over Insurer’s Refusal to Defend West Virginia Man
Feb 10 2014 // A former Wyoming County (West Virginia) Council on Aging director can recover damages for aggravation and inconvenience from an insurance company that refused to represent him when the state sued him, a federal appeals...
Firm in Deadly West Virginia Cellphone Towers Collapse Previously Cited
Feb 10 2014 // The company that employed two of the three people killed in the collapse of a pair of cellphone towers in Clarksburg was sanctioned after a fatal accident in 2009 in Missouri, according to Occupational Health and Safety...
Settlement Reached in Virginia Meningitis Death Lawsuit
Feb 6 2014 // The family of a Salem man who died of meningitis has settled a $25 million wrongful death lawsuit against a Roanoke, Virginia, clinic. The Roanoke Times reports that Douglas Wingate’s family agreed to settle the...
Senate to Take Up Chemical Safety Bill After West Virginia Spill
Feb 6 2014 // U.S. senators said they will take up a bill as soon as this week to require inspections and clean-up plans for chemical storage tanks, over the objection of industry, after a West Virginia spill tainted drinking...
