West Virginia Association for Justice
Recent News About West Virginia Association for Justice
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Leaders reach compromise on deliberate intent bill
CHARLESTON – Talks among state Senate leaders, business leaders and trial attorneys have resulted in a compromise on a deliberate intent bill. -
UPDATE: Tomblin signs comparative fault bill
CHARLESTON – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin on Thursday signed a comparative fault bill ensuring defendants only are responsible for their share of damages. -
State Senate unanimously passes asbestos trust claims act
CHARLESTON – The state Senate on Friday unanimously passed Senate Bill 411, creating the Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Claims Transparency Act and the Asbestos and Silica Claims Priorities Act. -
UPDATE: Punitive damages cap fails in Senate
CHARLESTON – A state Senate bill that would have capped punitive damages in civil lawsuits has been voted down. -
House passes medical liability insurance bill
CHARLESTON – A bill meant to control the cost of liability insurance and to maintain access to affordable health care services for West Virginians is headed for the governor’s desk. -
House passes deliberate intent bill
CHARLESTON – The House of Delegates has passed a bill that would restore the original purpose of the deliberate intent exception to the state workers’ compensation system. -
Move over Tim Miley, Tony has a wrecking ball, too!
We commented last month on how hard it is to take Tim Miley serious. The former House Speaker found himself in the uncomfortable position as Minority Leader of trying to prevent the repeal of a bill he had steered through the legislature five years earlier. -
Bill would give W.Va. employers the right to kill
CHARLESTON – Imagine a world where corporations knowingly violate safety rules and regulations, which kills or seriously injures their workers, and in this world those dead workers’ families, who now have no breadwinners, no fathers (or mothers), are told by this world’s government: -
UPDATE: Legal reform bills moving through Capitol
CHARLESTON – As the midway point of the West Virginia legislative session arrives, lawmakers continue to make good on their promise of legal reform. -
UPDATE: Trial lawyers again pushes WV CALA to debate
CHARLESTON – A state group of trial lawyers has issued a challenge to a legal reform group to stage a series of statewide public forums on West Virginia’s civil justice system. -
UPDATE: House passes comparative fault reform
CHARLESTON – The West Virginia House of Delegates has passed a comparative fault bill, a move heralded by a legal reform group and chided by trial lawyers. -
WVAJ vows to work with lawmakers on reform
CHARLESTON – The president of a state plaintiffs’ attorneys group says he believes there are ways to improve West Virginia’s civil justice system, but he says it’s important to strike a balance. -
Civil courts protect families, rights and economic freedom
CHARLESTON – Our 7th Amendment reads, “In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rule of law.” -
Hellhole report hurts West Virginia
CHARLESTON – Let’s talk about who and what are damaging West Virginia’s national reputation and ability to market our state as a good place for business — and why. -
Groups react to Hellholes report
CHARLESTON – Two state groups have diverse viewpoints about the West Virginia Supreme Court being listed third on the annual Judicial Hellholes report. -
Record nails it: Good for 'them,' not us
CHARLESTON – It’s been a long time since The West Virginia Record really nailed an editorial, but last week it did — although probably not in the way that was intended. -
CALA is violating election law
CHARLESTON – The 2014 elections are winding down – and for many of us it’s not a minute too soon. -
CALA misleads voters, hides its funding
CHARLESTON – West Virginia voters are being inundated with mailed political attack ads from the corporate front group, West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse. -
W.Va. trial lawyers’ campaign donations near $600K
CHARLESTON – With Election Day just around the corner, West Virginia trial lawyers spending on candidates running for or seeking re-election to the state legislature has neared $600,000. -
WV CALA updates 'Dirty Dozen' list
CHARLESTON – West Virginia trial lawyers are spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on candidates running for or seeking re-election to the state Legislature.