A federal court dismissed an appeal from one of Gov. Jim Justice s coal companies of a six-figure judgment against it in favor of a South Charleston workers’ compensation and employers’ liability insurance provider. Southern Coal had failed to satisfy obligations under a 2015 contract with the provider, BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co., a federal judge found.
A federal judge has approved liens a surety company has been seeking on eight of Gov. Jim Justice’s companies in response to what the firm says has been his failure to pay an $8.5 million court-ordered judgment.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia has enforced a state court decision last year to award Western Surety more than $8.5 million, plus interest.
Gov. Jim Justice s words and actions don t match as his personal and business financial woes mount. Justice downplayed his business empire s troubles at his latest press briefing, but many of his key business assets are saddled with debt and in peril.