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A bill that would require insurance companies to disclose the type of insurance their customers carry won approval in the West Virginia House of Delegates on a 64 to 33 vote. Supporters of the bill be...
Read Full ArticleWest Virginia recently had its first coal mining death of 2012. Jeremy Sigler, age 34, died from what is known as a "rib roll" -- when the side walls crack and fall into the mine. Last year, six West ...
Read Full ArticleAuthorities in Hurricane, West Virginia evacuated two motels after an inspector found that the two neighboring properties were susceptible to a carbon monoxide leak. The inspection of the American Inn...
Read Full ArticleWest Virginia recently had its first coal mining death of 2012. Jeremy Sigler, age 34, died from what is known as a "rib roll" -- when the side walls crack and fall into the mine. Last year, six West ...
Read Full ArticleIt appears as though a settlement has been reached in 24 lawsuits related to January’s Elk River spill. The settlement only applies to Freedom Industries, not West Virginia American Water or any other...
Read Full ArticleWhile mine owners in West Virginia have been put on notice that they cannot be negligent and place their workers in harm’s way, not all of them have received the message. Recently, the Mine Safety and...
Read Full ArticleIn order to obtain workers’ compensation benefits for an injury, you have to prove that the injury occurred on the job. As a recent case out of the state Supreme Court shows, this burden of proof goes...
Read Full ArticleA person who is injured on the job in West Virginia is generally entitled to workers’ compensation benefits covering medical costs and some missed wages, depending on the nature of the accident and th...
Read Full ArticlePunitive damages are available in certain West Virginia personal injury cases, and are designed to punish a person or entity for particularly callous behavior. They’re separate from the compensatory d...
Read Full ArticlePersonal injury cases can often be complicated legal matters that involve a number of responsible parties. They become even more complex when the case involves a government agency, as a recent case ou...
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