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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Leah Willingham

INSANE: Cap on compensation for harm to workers headed to governor - The Real Truth

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A bill that would cap some of the damages West Virginia workers and their families can receive if their employer deliberately puts them in harm’s way on the job is headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice.

The Republican governor has not indicated whether he will sign the legislation. Justice — who owns dozens of companies and has been called the wealthiest man in West Virginia — has consistently come under fire for unsafe working conditions at his family-owned coal mines.

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