Latest West Virginia Headlines
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Severe Weather Spawns Tornado, Damage and One Death in South, Midwest
Apr 4 2024 // Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi,...
West Virginia Lawmakers Ban Smoking in Cars with Kids Present
Mar 25 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia, which has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation, became the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Jim...
Indiana, West Virginia Pass New Restrictions on Third-Party Litigation Financing
Mar 21 2024 // Efforts to rein in third-party litigation financing are on their way to becoming law in Indiana and West Virginia, a scorecard that is less than what business and insurance interests had hoped for this spring. In Indiana,...
Panel Asks W.Va. Supreme Court if Opioid Distribution Can Cause a Public Nuisance
Mar 21 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court asked West Virginia’s highest court Monday whether opioid distributions can cause a public nuisance as it reviews a landmark lawsuit against three major U.S. drug...
WV Governor’s Coal Company Found in Contempt, Must Pay BrickStreet for Comp Loss
Feb 28 2024 // A coal company owned by West Virginia’s governor has been found in contempt of court and must face fines of $2,500 a day until it pays its contractual obligations to its workers’ compensation insurance carrier,...
West Virginia Bill Stokes Fears About Pesticide-Producing Logging Facility
Feb 15 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia bill approved by the House of Delegates on Tuesday that limits counties from regulating agricultural operations is stoking fears that a logging company could resurrect plans to...
Bank Plans to Auction Off Greenbriar Lots Owned by West Virginia Governor
Feb 9 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A Virginia bank that is seeking to recover more than $300 million in longstanding unpaid business loans to the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is planning to auction off land at a...
Authorities: Man Fleeing Police in Alabama Caused Crash That Injured Gayle Manchin
Feb 5 2024 // HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — A man fleeing police caused the Alabama car crash that injured Gayle Manchin, head of an economic development partnership of the federal government and 13 state governments and the wife of U.S. Sen....
West Virginia Construction Firm to Buy Bankrupt College Campus
Feb 2 2024 // CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge on Wednesday approved the sale of a defunct private university’s campus to the owner of a West Virginia construction firm for $5 million. Craig G. Phillips, owner...
WV Supreme Court Denies Insurers’ Appeal in Chlorine Leak that Damaged Plant
Jan 26 2024 // A group of 12 insurance companies cannot yet appeal a trial court’s finding that contamination exclusions did not bar coverage for a chemical plant that was damaged when 90 tons of liquid chlorine leaked from a...
West Virginia Bill Would Allow Teachers to Carry Guns at School
Jan 26 2024 // West Virginia’s Republican-dominated Legislature pushed forward a slate of contentious bills Wednesday that would arm teachers, allow people to sue libraries over books that offend them and restrict where transgender...
Former Finance Manager of WV Disaster Assistance Sentenced to 3 Years for Theft
Jan 16 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A former finance manager of a nonprofit organization that assists West Virginia disaster victims was sentenced Thursday to more than three years in prison for the theft of $871,000 from the...
Progressive Files for 19.78% Auto Insurance Rate Increase in West Virginia
Jan 10 2024 // Less than a month after Farmers Direct Insurance filed for a hefty rate increase on West Virginia auto liability policies, Progressive has followed suit with an almost identical request. The West Virginia insurance...
Real Estate Firm Bids $4.9M for Campus of Bankrupt West Virginia College
Jan 2 2024 // CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal bankruptcy court in West Virginia has set a hearing for next month on the potential sale of a defunct private university`s campus. A court-appointed trustee filed a motion Wednesday...
Farmers Direct Asks for 20% Auto Rate Increase in West Virginia
Dec 15 2023 // The West Virginia Insurance Commissioner’s Office is accepting comments on a proposed 19.9% auto liability insurance rate increase for Farmers Direct Property and Casualty Insurance Co. The proposed increase is one...
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...
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...
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...
WV High Court: Liability Coverage Due for Latent Disease, Even Years After Policy Dates
Nov 13 2023 // Liability insurers that write in West Virginia and beyond received some unsettling and expensive news from the state Supreme Court last week: Without iron-clad policy language barring coverage, long-tail illness claims...
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...
