State ex rel. Human Resource Development & Employment, Inc. v. Board of Risk & Insurance Management

In the instant case, we conclude that the State Board of Risk Management must offer an insurance policy to a non-profit agency.

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The petitioner is Human Resource Development and Employment, Inc. (“HRDE”), a non-profit corporation that owns, operates, and manages apartment complexes in West *462Virginia that pi'ovide subsidized housing for elderly, disabled, and/or low-income citizens of West Virginia.

In 1997, HRDE was named as a defendant in a lawsuit as a result of personal injuries sustained by a person working at an apartment complex in Weirton, West Virginia. The complex was owned by D & J…