Latest Virginia Headlines
All the headlines from our Virginia Topic Page, ordered by recency.
West Virginia Business Court to Debut Oct. 10
Sep 13 2012 // The state Supreme Court will debut a business court division next month, taking often-complicated disputes out of a hectic circuit court system, Chief Justice Robin Davis said this week. The business court that will start...
West Virginia Supreme Court to Hear Business Court Ideas
Sep 12 2012 // The state Supreme Court is set to discuss a court system for business-related lawsuits. An announcement was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon in the Supreme Court chambers in Charleston. Earlier this year the court asked for...
GEICO Sponsors Rest Area ‘Safe Phone Zones’ in Virginia
Sep 4 2012 // Insurance giant GEICO is going to become a lot more familiar to travelers who visit Virginia’s 43 Interstate rest stops, the Virginia Department of Transportation announced last Thursday. The company has signed on to...
West Virginia Offers Interactive Homeowner’s Inventory Chart
Aug 31 2012 // West Virginia regulators recently launched an online, interactive homeowner’s inventory chart. Available for free from the W.V. Offices of Insurance Commissioner, it offers a convenient way for homeowners to list...
West Virginia Widows Press Case for Mine Inspectors’ Liability
Aug 21 2012 // The widows of two West Virginia coal miners killed in a 2006 fire want the state Supreme Court to rule that private and federal mine safety inspectors can be held legally liable when workers die as a result of their...
West Virginia Workers’ Comp Rates Going Down 9%
Aug 20 2012 // West Virginia employers’ rates for workers’ compensation are heading down again after regulators approved a statewide average 9.1 percent decrease in loss cost rates. Insurance Commissioner Michael D. Riley...
West Virginia Carrying Out Real ID Driver’s License Law
Aug 16 2012 // West Virginia continues to issue new driver’s licenses that meet national standards adopted after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, amid a refusal by a number of other states to carry out the federal Real ID law, Deputy...
Former Agency Owner in Va. Sentenced for Selling Nonexistent Policies
Aug 13 2012 // A Schuyler, Virginia, woman convicted of selling fake insurance policies will spend more than two years in prison. Forty-year-old Mae Anne Fattaleh also must pay more than $100,000 in restitution. The Daily Progress...
Crash Reconstructionists Sort Out Reality from What People Claim
Aug 9 2012 // Crashes happen every day. Most of the time, they are simple fender benders and those involved own up to their mistakes. Sometimes, there are witnesses who can fill in the blanks. Other times, however, drivers disagree...
Officials: 3 West Virginia Deaths Attributed to June Storm
Aug 6 2012 // West Virginia health officials believe three people died as a result of derecho storm that swept through the state during a major heat wave in June. Dr. Marian Swinker, state commissioner for public health, says a review...
Declarations – West
Aug 6 2012 // P/C Insurers’ Strength “Not a single traditional P/C insurer or reinsurer failed as a result of the financial crisis, nor did a single legitimate claim go unpaid. In contrast, during the financial crisis and...
West Virginia to Decide Mine Inspectors’ Liability
Aug 6 2012 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has set a Oct. 17 date to consider whether Mine Safety and Health Administration inspectors can be held liable for coal miners’ deaths. A federal appeals court in Richmond last month...
NCCI Proposes 9.1% Cut in West Virginia Workers’ Comp Rates
Aug 3 2012 // West Virginia employers can look forward to another reduction in their workers’ compensation rates after state officials welcomed a National Council on Compensation proposed statewide average 9.1 percent decrease in...
16,000 W.Va. Customers Set to Receive Rebates From Health Insurers
Aug 3 2012 // Health insurance companies will give rebates totaling $2.7 million to more than 16,000 customers in West Virginia this year. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services says most of the rebates will go people who buy...
Va. Motorist Settling Lawsuits in W.Va. Festival Death; Insurer Will Pay $500K
Aug 1 2012 // A Virginia driver who crashed into a tent filled with sleeping women at a West Virginia music festival last summer wants to settle three wrongful death and personal injury lawsuits. Documents filed in U.S. District Court...
Va. Court: Waiter’s Choking on Quesadilla Didn’t Arise Out of Employment
Aug 1 2012 // A Virginia court recently ruled that a waiter who was injured while attempting to swallow “a piece of quesadilla that was too big for his esophagus” can not collect worker’s comp benefits. Court of...
OSHA Urges W.Va. Outdoor Workers to Stay Safe, Prevent Heat Illness
Aug 1 2012 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is asking employers to make sure their workers are taking necessary precautions to prevent heat illness while working in hot...
President Obama Declares Disaster for Virginia Storm Damage
Jul 30 2012 // President Barack Obama has declared a disaster in Virginia after severe weather and strong winds lashed the state a few weeks ago. The disaster declaration orders federal aid to help the state and local recovery efforts....
West Virginia Mine Regulators Slow on Inspections, Permits
Jul 27 2012 // West Virginia mine regulators have failed to meet internal goals for timely inspections and permits, a legislative audit concluded, but agency officials disagree with the auditors over why. The report released this week to...
West Virginia Man Accused of Setting 62 Fires
Jul 26 2012 // A Nicholas County, West Virginia man faces charges of setting 62 fires in the Summersville and Richwood areas. Twenty-one-year-old Austin Lee Cox of Craigsville is being held at the Central Regional Jail on $2.7 million...
