Personal Injury Blog
Posted on May 19, 2012 By West Virginia Insurance Lawyer
When you buy an insurance policy, the law requires the insurance company to treat you fairly. Our laws imply that in every contract of insurance, there is a covenant of good faith and fair dealing. ...
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Posted on May 4, 2012 By West Virginia Workplace Accident Attorney
On April 29, 2012, a beautiful yet solemn commemoration took place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The event was Workers' Memorial Day which honors those workers who died in Allegheny County as a ...
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Posted on Apr 29, 2012 By West Virginia Child Abuse Lawyer
The recent news accounts of the Jerry Sandusky and Bernie Fine child abuse scandals are an unfortunate reminder of the prevalence of child sexual abuse in our society. In 2009 alone, there were over ...
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Posted on Apr 23, 2012 By West Virginia Coal Mining Accident Lawyer
Last week a local radio person made disparaging comments about the coal mining industry, coal miners and their loving wives who pray for the safe return of their husbands every day they go to work. ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2012 By West Virginia Employment Discrimination Attorney
Recently a young African American, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch captain. The killing has ignited much controversy. Each side has become entrenched in a ...
Continue reading "Sadly, Racism Still Alive in 2012" »
Posted on Apr 2, 2012 By Wheeling Car Accident Lawyer
"Underinsurance" is insurance coverage that you buy for yourself, occupants of your insured motor vehicle, and family members living in your household. This coverage will provide you extra ...
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Posted on Mar 19, 2012 By West Virginia Coal Mining Accident Lawyer
On March 3, 2012, a coal miner was killed while working at the Timber Tree #9 underground mine in Kentucky when a canopy collapsed causing him fatal injuries. At the time of the accident, the miner ...
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Posted on Mar 8, 2012 By Wheeling Chemical Exposure Lawyer
What you see is not always what you get. Over the past four years, many West Virginia landowners have added to their personal wealth by selling their oil and gas rights. The boom has also resulted in ...
Continue reading "Chesapeake Energy Investigated for Possible Violations of the Clean Water Act in West Virginia" »
Posted on Feb 19, 2012 By West Virginia Chemical Exposure Attorney
Nine employees of the IHOP restaurant in the Shops at Trace Fork along Corridor G in South Charleston were taken to the hospital last Friday morning after being exposed to a cloud of chemical ...
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Posted on Feb 17, 2012 By West Virginia Injury Lawyer
The term "whistleblower" was coined in 1970 to describe someone who tells the public or another authority figure that their company is engaged in some type of illegal practice. Although some ...
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Posted on Feb 12, 2012 By Wheeling Personal Injury Attorney
More and more cases of nursing home abuse are being brought to light in the U.S. Just last week, a thirty-year-old nursing assistant plead guilty to the neglect of an adult in his care. The California ...
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Posted on Feb 7, 2012 By West Virginia Personal Injury Attorney
Statistics show that approximately 6 out of every 1,000 births in the U.S. involve some kind of birth injury . The birth of a child should be a joyous occasion, but this is not the case when the error ...
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Posted on Feb 5, 2012 By Wheeling Personal Injury Lawyer
Over the past 4 months a strange illness has affected 16 residents of the tiny western New York village of LeRoy. Beginning in October of 2011, 14 teenage girls, a teenage boy, and a 36-year old women ...
Continue reading ""Fracking" to Blame for Personal Injuries?" »
Posted on Oct 27, 2011 By Personal Injury Attorney
We are pleased to announce the launch of our West Virginia Personal Injury Blog with an RSS feed available at /Blog/Entire-Blog-Feed/RSS.xml
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