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to drop these lawsuits, all four business members and all four labor members backed the resolution. Fred Tucker, a retired United Mine Workers official, and Thad Epps, a retired Union Carbide spokesman, introduced the resolution that... Published: Sunday, April 18, 1999 Words: 715
too soon to decide what, if anything, could be done about this pending dismissal." In his press release, Vieweg said he "withdraw the suits because they were based on questionable and untested legal theories and that the cost of litigation... Published: Friday, May 21, 1999 Words: 664
former Island Creek executive, named Vieweg to his job in February 1997. None of the 30 lawsuits has come to trial. The suit against Bluestone Coal Co., owned by James Justice II of Beckley, was scheduled to begin in September before... Published: Monday, February 22, 1999 Words: 462
COAL CONTRACTORS working exclusively for timber and coal magnate James "Buck" Harless didn't pay $2.6 million in Workers' Comp coverage for injured workers, investigative reporter Paul Nyden found. Harless flatly refuses to pay this... Published: Friday, June 06, 1997 Words: 441
Delegate Mark Hunt, D-Kanawha. White made nine legislative contributions totaling $4,100. The lawsuit Workers' Comp filed against Bluestone Coal Corp. in December 1996 alleged 13 company contractors who mined coal near Keystone in McDowell... Published: Wednesday, December 31, 1997 Words: 964
has shown how companies like A.T. Massey and Island Creek use hundreds of small contractors, evading responsibility for Workers' Comp premiums and other debts when those contractors go bankrupt or disappear. By manipulating this system,... Published: Saturday, February 15, 1997 Words: 371
warning signs that Dandy might create problems? Months ago, investigative reporter Paul Nyden reported that two other Lo-Ming contractors had run up big workers' comp debts on the very same mining property - Cherry Point Coals Inc.... Published: Monday, August 24, 1998 Words: 367
lawsuit and agency records. Vieweg also wants to dismiss the suit against Bluestone, owned by James C. Justice II of Beckley. Two Bluestonecontractors owe Workers' Compensation nearly $385,000, according to the most recent list of... Published: Sunday, September 19, 1999 Words: 761
major coal companies, contractors and individual officers. Bluestone Coal was the first company sued. Today, 50 different Bluestonecontractors owe Workers' Compensation a total of more than $9.3 million, according to legal documents... Published: Monday, March 22, 1999 Words: 470
Workers' Comp debts, then go out of business or simply disappear. The parent company moves on to the next contractor. Employment Commissioner William Vieweg, who used to work for Island Creek, one of the worst abusers of the contractor... Published: Sunday, December 12, 1999 Words: 559