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  • Va. Supreme Court orders Justice companies to pay $1M to coal operator

    By Chris Dickerson |
    RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Supreme Court has ordered a company owned by West Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice’s family to pay more than $1 million to a coal operator. On Jan. 7, the Supreme Court upheld a previous judgment by the Dickenson County Circuit Court in a case filed by Lambert Coal Company, which had sued Virginia Fuel and James C. Justice Companies Inc. for the balance owed for the acquisition of Dark Hollow Strip Mine and two additional Lambert coal leases.

  • Justice company allegedly owes $400K in legal fees to Louisiana firm

    By Chris Dickerson and Kyla Asbury |
    NEW ORLEANS – Another lawsuit has been filed against one of Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Justice’s companies for failing to pay more than $400,000 in legal fees. Phelps Dunbar LLP is suing James C. Justice Companies Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana alleging JJC owes $409,535.35 in legal fees for services rendered since 2011, according to a complaint filed Dec. 7 in federal court.