Coal companies owned and operated by Gov. Jim Justice’s family have agreed to provide uninterrupted health care and prescription drug coverage to retired miners after retirees and the United Mine
Insurer Sues West Virginia Gov.’s Company for Failure to Pay Deductibles May 10, 2021
An insurance company alleges in a federal lawsuit that a company run by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice and his adult children owes $166,000 for workers’ compensation and employers’ liability coverage claims.
Starr Indemnity & Liability Company said in the suit filed Tuesday that Justice Family Group LLC failed and refused to pay deductibles for policies that covered its liabilities between June 2018 and June 2020, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.
The lawsuit says the compensation and liability policies have per accident deductibles of $1 million when an injury happens unintentionally and per employee deductibles of $1 million when an injury occurs due to disease, according to the newspaper.