Bankrupt WV Business Must Continue WC Payments

Executive Director Gregory A. Burton says a federal judge's order requires a Sissonville painting and construction company to continue paying its current workers' compensation premiums while reorganizing under bankruptcy laws. "We now have a federal court order requiring IPI Inc. to remain current in its post-petition obligations to the WV Workers' Compensation Commission while its bankruptcy case remains pending," Burton explained. "We believe that order protects us while IPI is in bankruptcy." U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Ronald Pierson's order requires the Commission to issue a certificate...