For the second consecutive year, Frank (Trey) Simmerman was recognized as a West Virginia Super Lawyers Rising Star in the area of insurance coverage. This selection is based off an evaluation of 12 indicators including peer review and recognition and professional achievement in West Virginia legal practice. Once of the few lawyers in West Virginia …

FRANK (TREY) SIMMERMAN RECOGNIZED AS WEST VIRGINIA SUPER LAWYERS RISING STAR Read More

Simmerman Law Office, PLLC recently filed a claim against XTO Energy related to oil and natural gas royalty payments in Marion County West Virginia, seeking to establish the correct valuation of oil and gas royalty payments for Marcellus Shale wells drilled by XTO Energy in Marion County, West Virginia. According to the claim, the royalty …

MARION COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA ROYALTY OWNER FILES CLAIM AGAINST XTO ENERGY RELATED TO OIL AND GAS ROYALTY PAYMENT AND RIGHTS DISPUTE Read More

Simmerman Law Office, PLLC recently filed a claim against Antero Resources Corporation on behalf of oil and natural gas interest owners related to oil and natural gas royalty payments and rights in Doddridge County West Virginia, seeking to establish the correct valuation and payment of oil and gas royalty payments for Marcellus Shale wells drilled …

DODDRIDGE COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA MINERAL/ROYALTY OWNERS FILE CLAIM AGAINST ANTERO REOURCES CORPORATION RELATED TO OIL AND GAS ROYALTY PAYMENT AND RIGHTS DISPUTE Read More

Simmerman Law Office, PLLC recently filed a claim against HG Energy II Appalachia, LLC on behalf of a group of oil and natural gas interest owners related to oil and natural gas royalty payments in Harrison County West Virginia, seeking to establish the correct valuation of oil and gas royalty payments for Marcellus Shale wells …

HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA MINERAL/ROYALTY OWNERS FILE CLAIM AGAINST HG ENERGY II APPALACHIA, LLC RELATED TO OIL AND GAS ROYALTY PAYMENT AND RIGHTS DISPUTE Read More

Simmerman Law Office, PLLC recently filed a Complaint against a trucking company in Harrison County, West Virginia on behalf of an injured motor vehicle driving alleging that the commercial trucking company was negligent insofar as the trucking company failed to maintain trucking equipment in proper condition, insofar as the trucking company failed to complain with …

INJURED DRIVER FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST TRUCKING COMPANY FOR NEGLIGENCE RELATED TO TRUCKING COLLISION IN BRIDGEPORT, WEST VIRGINIA Read More

The onset of the 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease, commonly referred to as the Coronavirus, is causing significant economic hardship on regional and small businesses. As we now know, government authorities are encouraging us to all act in a socially responsible manner and stay home for the most part, with limitations being added as the days …

CORONAVIRUS 2020: ARE MY BUSINESS LOSSES COVERED BY MY INSURANCE? Read More

So, you receive a division order in the mail from an oil and gas company related to Marcellus Shale or Utica Shale oil and gas production in West Virginia. You may be asking, “What is this confusing, fractional decimal interest set forth within the division order? What does it mean? What is its purpose? Where …

THE OIL AND GAS DIVISION ORDER – A BRIEF PRIMER Read More

As reported by various media outlets across North Central West Virginia, Simmerman Law Office, PLLC recently filed a Complaint against the City of Weston, West Virginia and various Weston City Council members in the Circuit Court of Lewis County, West Virginia alleging that the City of Weston, West Virginia created a hostile work environment and …

LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST CITY OF WESTON, WEST VIRGINIA BY CITY MANAGER ALLEGING A HOSTILE WORK ENVIRONMENT, BREACH OF CONTRACT, WRONGFUL DISCHARGE, CIVIL CONSPIRACY AND VIOLATIONS OF THE OPEN GOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS ACT Read More

When dealing with an insurance company, unfortunately, a common question that arises is: what is insurance bad faith? The basic answer is straightforward. When a consumer (an insured) pays for an insurance policy from an insurer they are entering into a contractual relationship with a party which possesses superior bargaining and actual power. Based on …

INSURANCE BAD FAITH – A BRIEF NOTE Read More

Simmerman Law Office, PLLC recently filed a Complaint against HG Energy II Appalachia, LLC, HG Energy LLC, and others, related to oil and natural gas mineral assets, pipeline developments and interests in Harrison County West Virginia, alleging that HG Energy, and others, improperly trespassed and converted a surface estate in Harrison County, West Virginia, and …

HARRISON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA SURFACE OWNER FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST HG ENERGY II APPALACHIA, LLC, HG ENERGY, LLC AND OTHERS FOR TRESPASS, TORTIOUS INTERFERENCE, CONVERSION, CONSTRUCTIVE FRAUD AND SLANDER OF TITLE Read More