Feds Issue Final Report on West Virginia Mine Blast Dec. 6 December 1, 2011 Federal investigators will soon release their final report on the 2010 explosion that killed 29 men at West Virginia’s Upper...
West Virginia Nursing Home Challenges $91M Jury Award November 8, 2011 A Charleston nursing home is challenging a $91 million damage award in a lawsuit stemming from the death of an...
West Virginia Board Awarded $2.6 Million in Lawsuit October 31, 2011 The Charleston Sanitary Board will get more than $2.6 million from a company it had hired to make compost out...
West Virginia Judge Affirms Most of $91.5M Damage Award October 24, 2011 A Kanawha County judge has affirmed most of a $91.5 million damage award against a Charleston nursing home in a...
West Virginia Workplace Deaths Double in 2010 October 20, 2011 Ninety-five workers were killed in on-the-job incidents in West Virginia in 2010, more than double the 41 workplace deaths that...
OSHA Fines West Virginia Welding Shop $59K October 19, 2011 A Stollings, West Virginia, welding company is facing more than $59,000 in fines after federal investigators found more than two...
3rd Lawsuit Filed in West Virginia Music Festival Crash October 19, 2011 A third federal lawsuit has been filed stemming from a fatal July accident at the All-Good Music Festival near Masontown....
Jumper Hurtles into West Virginia River as Chute Fails October 18, 2011 In front of horrified spectators, a BASE jumper’s chute didn’t fully open during Bridge Day celebration in Fayetteville, hurtling him...
West Virginia Orders Emergency Mine Inspections October 17, 2011 West Virginia mine safety officials have ordered emergency inspections of up to 500 rescue shelters in the state’s underground coal...
Lawsuits Filed in Fatal West Virginia Music Festival Crash October 12, 2011 By VICKI SMITH The father of a 20-year-old South Carolina woman crushed under a truck as she slept in a tent at the...