American Tort Reform Association
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Legislature helped its corporate backers, failed to tackle real issues
CHARLESTON – The 2016 West Virginia Legislative session has been called one of the worst ever by media outlets and organizations statewide. West Virginia is facing real challenges right now. Our roads are bad. We have a huge budget deficit. Millions of dollars have been cut from our schools. Coal is in decline and West Virginia workers need to be retrained for 21st century jobs. A financial crisis is looming. -
Groups hail second passage of AG outside counsel bill
CHARLESTON – State and national groups are praising the West Virginia Legislature’s passage of a bill that would codify current Attorney General Patrick Morrisey’s outside counsel policy. House Bill 4007 already was passed once this session, but Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin vetoed it because he thought it was too broad and gave the AG too much power. -
ATRA: McGraw could mean return to Judicial Hellhole list
CHARLESTON – West Virginia could see a quick return to the Judicial Hellholes report if Darrell McGraw is elected to the state Supreme Court, according to a spokesman for the group that compiles the list. “I’d tell Darrell not to embarrass himself,” said Darren McKinney, spokesman for the American Tort Reform Association, said Monday about McGraw’s filing to run for the court. -
Legal reform groups plan 2016 legislative agendas
CHARLESTON – As the 2016 legislative session gets into a routine, two organizations that watch legal reforms know what they want to happen this term. -
A New Year's resolution that actually panned out
It's that time of year again: the time for making New Year's resolutions.