Personal Injury Law

In other West Virginia legal news
West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin has taken the unusual step of filing an amicus brief with the state Supreme Court of Appeals, asking the court to clarify the ability of DuPont to challenge a jury's award of punitive damages against...

Litigating Backwards
The Supreme Court has just declined to hear a challenge to procedures being applied in West Virginia to 700 lawsuits against the tobacco companies. The tobacco companies objected to the West Virginia courts' strange practice of considering punitive damages before...

Legislating Broadband in West Virginia
Dan Casto, West Virginia University College of Law, has published "West Virginia's Broadband Woes: The State's Failed Efforts to Enter the Twenty-First Century." Here is the abstract...

Survey Ranks West Virginia Courts Worst
Congratulations to West Virginia. It's spot stands secure as the worst state in which to be sued. So says Lawsuit Climate 2008, the annual ranking of state liability systems published by the U...

Gazette Covers West Virginia Blogger Effort to Confront Stereotypes
Today's Gazette local section covers the Better West Virginia project by West Virginia bloggers to examine and challenge the traditional West Virginia stereotype on West Virginia Day (June 20)...

West Virginia Update
The West Virginia legislature has amended and reenacted the state's current structured settlement protection statute. According to Representative Ronald N. Walters, one of the bill's sponsors, West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin is expected to sign House Bill 4613 into law...

West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support
West Virginia Child Advocate Office Faces Class Action over Child Support

State of Virginia
$11 million settlement reached in Virginia Tech massacre.

Texas, USA
alleging the Medical Malpractice and Tort Reform Act of 2003 violates several provisions of the Constitution.

Great-West Lifeco Must Pay $456 Million In London Life Class Action
Great-West Lifeco Must Pay $456 Million In London Life Class Action

Repossessed car wins $700,000 Settlement
A class action lawsuit that was brought against Virginia Beach-based Tidewater Finance Co., alleging that the company had questionable repossession practices, has been settled.