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The United Mine Workers of America has told a federal court that retirees of some of Gov. Jim Justice s coal companies are still having prescription drug coverage issues, roughly five years into a federal lawsuit the UMWA and retirees filed over coverage lapses. Bluestone Coal Corp., a Justice coal company, blamed a faulty records transfer process, the UMWA told the court. ....
Gov. Jim Justice s business failures and unmet obligations have drawn grievances from banks and foreign companies. But they ve also affected members of some of West Virginia s most vulnerable communities, including company Justice company retirees like Pinkey Mullens enduring company drug coverage interruptions and southern coalfields suffering environmental and property tax revenue losses. ....
A complaint filed on Monday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on behalf of Gov. Justice, his wife Cathy, and son Jay, along with 15 of the companies owned by the family, states for more than 16 years the Justices enjoyed a remarkably productive partnership with Carter Bank and, as a result, Carter Bank became the primary lender of the Justice s generating millions of dollars a year in interest and profits for the Bank, allowing it to grow from a small institution to a significant regional presence throughout southwest Virginia and the south. ....