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.
CHARLESTON – Less than one month after filing a motion to revise case management procedures and for discovery related to plaintiff solicitation, Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon have filed a new motion to withdraw the previous one.
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.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis has declined to recuse herself from hearing arguments in a case involving a law firm that bought a Learjet from her husband’s firm for more than $1 million.
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.
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.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse has kicked off a public education campaign to encourage West Virginians to make their voices heard and to contact their elected officials.
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (WV CALA) has announced the organization’s board of directors has selected Greenbrier County small business owner and job creator Duane Zobrist to serve as Chairman for 2015.
CHARLESTON – The leader of a state organization says Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin erred by not highlighting the need for legal reform in his State of the State address.
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.
CHARLESTON – More than four out of five West Virginia voters surveyed said they think state Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis should have publicly disclosed her husband's sale of an airplane to another attorney appearing before the Court.
CHARLESTON – A majority of West Virginia voters think legislative leaders should take up legal reform this session in an effort to improve the state’s economy, according to a recently release survey.
CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group has started a campaign highlighting what it calls "jackpot justice, lawsuit greed, and the controversial 'Learjet Justice' story."
CHARLESTON – Tort reform is expected to be one of the key topics of the first West Virginia legislative session in decades to see Republicans in control of both houses.
CHARLESTON – Two state groups have diverse viewpoints about the West Virginia Supreme Court being listed third on the annual Judicial Hellholes report.
CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group is calling on West Virginia judges, political candidates and parties to return more than $100,000 in contributions from a Mississippi-based law firm connected to a recent national news report.
CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group says it has questions it believe West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Jean Davis should answer in the wake of an ABC News report earlier this week.
