Law Firm Overview

Midkiff, Muncie & Ross, P.C. has a strong commitment to its insurance and self-insured clients, providing representation with a special concentration on business, labor, energy and property litigation. The practice includes lobbying, the defense of personal injury and workers’ compensation claims, the defense of accountants, the medical profession, lawyers and other professionals, as well as health care providers and insurance agents. In addition, the practice includes the defense of arson and other fraudulent claims, analysis of liability, commercial and residential insurance questions, environmental, construction, fidelity claims, product liability, major casualty litigation, subrogation, transportation and regulatory matters.

As partners with the insurance community, the firm frequently provides speakers and/or papers on various insurance topics which include:

• updates on insurance law, including updates on legislative activity
• effective defenses to worker’s compensation claims
• prompt and successful defenses to liability claims
• good faith handling of claims
• investigation and defense of potentially fraudulent claims
• key defenses to fidelity claims
• successful subrogation claims as well as defense to construction cases
• environmental issues and trends
• defenses to malpractice claims
• important consumer protection laws
• insurance agents responsibilities and defenses
• energy litigation and regulatory issues
• ethical issues of coverage versus defense counsel
• the duty to defend compared to the duty to indemnify
• legal guidance for interpreting insurance contracts
• updates on employment law and the impact on employers
• insurance regulatory and compliance issues
• effective handling of construction and bond claims

Areas of Practice

• General Insurance Defense
• Workers' Compensation Defense
• Personal Injury Defense, including Auto, Property, Premises & Product Liability
• Professional Liability Defense
• Medical Malpractice Defense
• Federal Workers' Compensation Defense
• Business and Corporate Litigation
• Employment Litigation
• Administrative Law
• Arbitration
• Black Lung Claims
• ERISA Litigation
• Legal Ethics
• Lobbying
• Mediation

Published Works

• Surviving Litigation: How to Avoid or Defend A Malpractice Suit, AICPA, July, 1989
• Virginia Workers' Compensation, Virginia State Bar (1987, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998)
• Americans With Disabilities Act: Impact on Employers, Virginia Bar Association Journal, 1992

Representative Clients

• ACE USA, Inc.
• Alfa Alliance
• Allmerica Financial
• Allstate Insurance Company
• American Livestock Insurance Company
• Amicaern Reliable
• AMICA Mutual Insurance Company
• Augusta Mutual
• Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies
• Best Buy Company, Inc.
• Brethren Mutual
• Builders Mutual Insurance
• Chubb Group of Insurance Companies
• CNA Health Pro
• Colony Group
• Commonwealth of Virginia
• Companion Property and Casualty
• CMI Octagon, Inc
• Crawford & Company
• Dollar General Corporation
• Dominion Virginia Power
• Drees Homes, Inc
• Employers Mutual Casualty Insurance Co.
• Erie Insurance Group
• Essex
• Esurance
• Federated Insurance Companies
• Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
• First Mercury Insurance
• Gallagher Basset Services
• General Mills, Incorporated
• Great American Insurance Companies
• Hanover Insurance
• The Harleysville Insurance Companies
• The Hartford
• Honeywell, Inc.
• Key Risk Management Services
• Liberty Mutual
• Lititz Mutual Insurance Company
• Lloyd's of London
• Lumber Mutual Insurance Company
• Managed Care Inc.
• Markel
• McDonald's Corporation
• Mutual Assurance
• The Montgomery Insurance Companies
• National Grange Mutual Insurance Co.
• Nationwide Insurance Companies
• Northern Neck Insurance Company
• Ohio Casualty Group
• OneBeacon Insurance
• Orleans Homebuilders
• Penn National Insurance Company
• Peterbilt of Richmond, Inc.
• PMA Group
• Risk Enterprise Management
• Rockingham Group
• RSKCo.
• Scottsdale Insurance Company
• Sedgwick Claims Management Services
• Sentry Insurance, a Mutual Company
• Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
• Specialty Risk Services
• Southern Insurance Company
• Southern States Insurance Exchange
• State Farm Insurance Company
• St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc.
• State Auto Property and Casualty
• Underwriters Reinsurance Company
• Utica Insurance Companies
• Vanderbilt Mortgage
• Verizon Virginia, Inc.
• Virginia Farm Bureau
• Virginia Department of Transportation
• Virginia Manufacturers Association
• Western Heritage Insurance Company
• City of Westerville, Ohio
• Westport Insurance Corporation
• Zurich North America

West Practice Categories

Administrative Law, Arbitration, Mediation, Business & Commercial Law, Construction Law, Federal, Government Relations & Lobbying, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employee, Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) -- Employer, Employment Discrimination -- Employer, Environmental Law, Ethics, Professional Responsibility, Health & Health Care Law, Insurance Defense, Insurance Law, Fidelity, Guarantee & Surety, Insurance Subrogation, Property & Casualty, Litigation & Appeals, Personal Injury -- Defense, Products Liability Law, Professional Malpractice Law, Legal Malpractice, Commercial Real Estate, Transportation Law, Workers' Compensation Defense