Nashville-based Bass, Berry & Sims was part of a legal team that resulted in a judge recently awarding client Lexon Insurance Company $30 million in damages.

According to a release, Bass, Berry & Sims partnered with Houston-based Vinson & Elkins LLP to secure the verdict in the case involving U.S. Sen. "Jim" James C. Justice II (R-West Virginia).

Previously having served as governor of West Virginia, Justice was elected in November 2024 to replace then-retiring U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin.

The release notes the case concerned more than $20 million in what Lexon alleged in court were unpaid premiums and collateral owed on surety bonds. Lexon, which is headquartered in Mt. Juliet, issued the bonds to Justice’s various coal mining businesses over several years. Those businesses stopped making th

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