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Many parts of West Virginia are beautiful, especially in the fall. However, beautiful areas like Appalachia have perils that you would not expect: such as auto collisions with deer. At this time of ye...
Read Full ArticleThe U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its preliminary report on workplace deaths in 2010. It found that 95 people were killed at West Virginia worksites, up from 54 in 2009. In some ways, the l...
Read Full ArticleBack in July, we discussed the tragedy at the All Good Music Festival, an annual event in Marvin's Mountaintop, West Virginia. During this year's summer festival, a pickup-truck driver lost control an...
Read Full ArticleBack in July, we discussed the tragedy at the All Good Music Festival, an annual event in Marvin's Mountaintop, West Virginia. During this year's summer festival, a pickup-truck driver lost control an...
Read Full ArticleAs hard as this economy has been on all of us, it may have one unexpected benefit: it reduced the number of fatal traffic accidents across the nation to a 61-year low. The results came from National H...
Read Full ArticleAn Iraq War veteran and West Virginia Air National Guardsman died in a tragic plane crash in Marysville, Ohio. Michael Lakin, 42, of Charleston, West Virginia, lost control of his plane while performi...
Read Full ArticleRecently, columnist Harold Mandel, a supporter of tort reform, examined the various reforms made around the country, including in West Virginia. He concludes that despite tort reforms that have alread...
Read Full ArticleWest Virginia's House and Senate committees are expected to pass a bill banning cell phone use and texting while driving . The bill is championed by Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, and once he signs it, We...
Read Full ArticleIn the past, we at the Wolfe Law Film have discussed the dangers of common activities like motorcycle or ATV riding. The injury and fatality statistics would no doubt be worse if the State of West Vir...
Read Full ArticleWhen you are hurt on someone else's property and it is not your fault, you may have a case of premise liability. Premise liability is when the owner of the property fails to exercise reasonable care t...
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