April 09, 2024
The Fourth Circuit said Tuesday that a West Virginia oil and gas company lacked standing to continue an appeal that was originally brought by a green grower, which had sought coverage from its insurer for an underlying $4 million land use dispute with the extractor.
March 18, 2024
The Fourth Circuit's spring session will task the court with refereeing a power struggle between Virginia regulators and the authority that runs Washington, D.C.'s airports — stemming from a workplace amputation — and delving into the "honest belief" doctrine's role in a Family Medical Leave Act case.
March 14, 2024
The Fourth Circuit will decide whether to overturn a West Virginia federal ruling allowing an insurer to avoid covering a sustainable farm that has been accused by the oil and gas company of blocking it from drilling wells in a $4 million state land-use dispute. Here, Law360 breaks down the case in advance of the forthcoming decision.
August 25, 2023
A renewable-powered greenhouse business asked the Fourth Circuit on Friday to overturn a Nationwide unit's West Virginia federal court win, saying the insurer's arguments to escape covering an underlying $4 million land-use dispute were unsupported by state law and defied "common sense."
July 13, 2023
A renewable-powered greenhouse business and an oil and gas company joined forces to ask the Fourth Circuit to overturn a Nationwide unit's West Virginia federal court win, arguing the insurer should not be able to escape covering the companies' underlying $4 million land-use dispute.
July 11, 2023
A green grower urged the Fourth Circuit to overturn a West Virginia federal court's decision allowing its insurer to avoid coverage of an oil and gas company's underlying $4 million case accusing the sustainable farm of blocking it from drilling new wells.
July 07, 2023
A West Virginia federal judge incorrectly found that a Nationwide unit does not have to defend or indemnify a green energy company in an underlying lawsuit from an oil and gas company, the oil and gas company told the Fourth Circuit on Friday.