Latest West Virginia Headlines
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ClearPath Expands into West Virginia May 1
Apr 4 2022 // ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co., a Kentucky-domiciled workers’ compensation insurance provider, has expanded into West Virginia, the company announced. ClearPath, which writes almost $50 million in premiums, said it...
West Virginia High Court Says Email from Lawyer Enough to Settle Allstate Dispute
Feb 24 2022 // A lawyer’s email and voice mail were enough to settle a claim dispute and bar further litigation, despite a petitioner’s contention that thousands of dollars in damages were left unrepaired, the West Virginia...
West Virginia Aims To Launch Mutual Insurance Company for Mine Reclamation
Jan 24 2022 // The West Virginia Senate has passed a bill that would create a mutual insurance company dedicated to coal mine reclamation costs. Sen. Blair Senate Bill 1, backed by Senate President Craig Blair, would help the state avoid...
West Virginia High Court Slams St. Paul Fire, Blocks California Suit
Nov 17 2021 // The West Virginia Supreme Court has decided that a trial court has the authority to reach across the continent and halt an insurance carrier’s litigation in California, a move that could affect other opioid-related...
McVey Named Next West Virginia Insurance Commissioner
Sep 27 2021 // Allan L. McVey has been appointed as West Virginia’s insurance commissioner. Gov. Jim Justice announced McVey’s appointment Wednesday. McVey fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Jim Dodrill. McVey...
West Virginia Lawsuit Against Opioid Makers Scheduled for April 2022 Trial
Aug 9 2021 // A lawsuit filed by the state of West Virginia accusing several drug manufacturers of misrepresenting the risks of their painkilling drugs will go to trial next April, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Thursday. The...
Ex-West Virginia Mayor Pleads Guilty to Stealing Flood Relief Funds
Aug 6 2021 // A former mayor in West Virginia has pleaded guilty to stealing federal relief funds meant to rebuild his city after a massive 2016 flood. Ex-Richwood Mayor Bob Henry Baber, 70, pleaded guilty Monday in Nicholas County...
West Virginia Lawsuit Over Opioids Reaches Closing Arguments
Jul 29 2021 // Three major U.S. drug distributors should be held responsible for sending a “tsunami” of prescription pain pills that caused a health crisis in one corner of West Virginia, an attorney for local governments...
In Opioid Trial Closing, West Virginia Blames Drug Distributors. Distributors Blame Doctors.
Jul 28 2021 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Lawyers for a West Virginia city and county hard hit by the opioid crisis began wrapping up their case in a $2.5 billion trial on Tuesday arguing major drug distributors flooded the region with the...
West Virginia Attorney General Opposes Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan
Jul 15 2021 // West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said he will oppose OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy plan, arguing that his state, one of the hardest hit by the opioid epidemic, would get shorted in...
Economist Says Huntington, West Virginia Opioid Response Will Cost $2.5 billion
Jul 2 2021 // A 15-year plan to abate the opioid crisis in a West Virginia community will cost local officials $2.5 billion, a forensic economist has testified. George Barrett testified Tuesday that Cabell County and the city of...
Environmentalists To Sue West Virginia Over Pollution At Greensdale Coals Site
Jul 2 2021 // A group of environmentalists said Tuesday it intended to sue West Virginia over evidence of pollutants running into waterways from a coal mine site. In a letter to the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection,...
West Virginia Pharmacies Owner Fined In Prescription Probe
Jul 1 2021 // The owner of two West Virginia pharmacies has agreed to pay $300,000 in civil penalties to settle allegations that they filled illegitimate prescriptions in violation of federal law. Federal prosecutors said Beckley...
West Virginia Town Residents Say Coal Dust Is Taking Their Breath Away
Jun 14 2021 // EUNICE, W.Va. — Eunice should have been Becky Rectenwald’s place to settle. The dust settled there instead. Rectenwald, 58, moved to the former Raleigh County mining town from Marmet nearly four years ago for...
West Virginia Governor Hit by U.K. Lender Bankruptcy
Jun 3 2021 // West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice confirmed on Tuesday that he is personally liable for $700 million in loans taken by his coal companies from a lender in the United Kingdom that went bankrupt. The Republican governor took...
Data Expert: Distributors Increased Drug Potency in West Virginia
May 14 2021 // A data expert testifying at a landmark opioid trial in West Virginia said Tuesday that the potency of prescription drugs sent to local communities increased over time, but the three large drug distributors being sued tried...
Insurer Sues West Virginia Gov.’s Company for Failure to Pay Deductibles
May 10 2021 // An insurance company alleges in a federal lawsuit that a company run by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his adult children owes $166,000 for workers’ compensation and employers’ liability coverage...
West Virginia’s Billion-Dollar Trial Against Opioid Distributors Gets Underway
May 3 2021 // The three largest U.S. drug distributors, who are accused of helping fuel the opioid crisis that has resulted in nearly 500,000 overdose deaths in the United States, will defend themselves in a trial that kicks off on...
Report: 2020 A Record Year for Overdose Deaths in West Virginia
Apr 26 2021 // The number of fatal drug overdoses in West Virginia hit a record last year, according to preliminary state data showing at least 1,275 residents died. The increase comes after two years of declining numbers in a state...
West Virginia Firefighters Claim Retaliation in Pay Dispute
Apr 21 2021 // Firefighters in West Virginia’s Morgantown say the city manager lowered their pay in retaliation for their refusal to accept a settlement in a separate dispute, although the city says it is just making the...
