Actions, Suits And Liens
West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Modifying the Fair Trade Practices Act [HB-2478]
The purpose of this bill is to modify the Fair Trade Practices Act with regard to costs and damages.
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Clarifying what constitutes an action requiring service to the Attorney General and notice to the Legislature [HB-2642]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that actions that do not require monetary payments by a government agency, and other similar actions, do not mean “judgment” as defined in this article, and therefore do not require prior notice to the Legislature and Attorney General.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Relating to preventing compensatory damage awards for medical expenses from including certain sums [HB-2725]
The purpose of this bill is to prevent compensatory damage awards for medical expenses from including sums that the claimant has not and will not pay for medical care or treatment.
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West Virginia 2020 Regular Session
Prohibiting provisions within settlement agreements that prevent the disclosure of factual information related to a claim filed in a civil action [HB-3011]
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit provisions within settlement agreements that prevent the disclosure of factual information related to a claim filed in a civil action or a complaint filed in an administrative action, regarding: (1) Sexual assaults; (2) acts of sexual harassment; (3) acts of discrimination and harassment, retaliation or failure to prevent an act of harassment based on sex in the workplace; and (4) acts of discrimination and harassment, or retaliation based on sex in violation of the West Virginia Fair Housing Act. The bill
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Requiring presuit mediation for civil actions filed in court [SB-649]
The purpose of this bill is to require mediation to occur prior to filing most civil actions.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Defining crime of filing fraudulent claim against doctor [SB-668]
The purpose of this bill is to define the crime of filing a fraudulent claim against a doctor.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating generally to tax procedures and administration [SB-622]
Relating generally to tax procedures and administration
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Limiting recoverable damages when patient transferred from one health care facility to another [SB-616]
The purpose of this bill is to limit recoverable damages when a patient has been transferred from health care facility to another health care facility. The bill provides an exception.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Limiting recoverable damages when a patient has been transferred from health care facility to another health care facility [HB-3024]
The purpose of this bill is to limit recoverable damages when a patient has been transferred from health care facility to another health care facility. The bill provides an exception.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Providing that a person when being attacked in a place that is not his or her home should retreat instead of using deadly force [HB-3017]
This purpose of this bill is to provide that a person when being attacked in a place that is not his or her home should retreat instead of using deadly force when deadly force is not necessary.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Codifying the application of the compelling interest test and strict scrutiny standard involving rights enumerated under the First Amendment [HB-3097]
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that, in all cases where state action is alleged to substantially burden the exercise of a First Amendment right, a compelling interest test is mandated, and, strict scrutiny is applied.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Allocating disability or death benefits resulting from an occupational pneumoconiosis claim among the claimant’s employers on a proportional basis [HB-3003]
The purpose of this bill is to require the Workers’ Compensation Commission to allocate disability or death benefits resulting from an occupational pneumoconiosis claim among the claimant’s employers on a proportional basis.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to appeals as a matter of right in the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals [HB-3030]
The purpose of this bill is to clarify that appeals to the Supreme Court are a matter of right and that every party has an opportunity to be heard. The bill sets forth exceptions.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to civil lawsuit filing fees for multiple defendant civil action [HB-2980]
The purpose of this bill is to add a $10 fee for each additional defendant plead in a civil action.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Eliminating tax lien waiver requirement for estates of nonresidents [SB-594]
The purpose of this bill is to eliminate the requirement that the personal representative of a nonresident decedent apply to the Tax Commissioner for a certificate releasing all real property situate in this state from any estate tax lien, because West Virginia does not impose an estate tax or an inheritance tax on estates of persons dying after December 31, 2004.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to the sale of items in the State Police Academy post exchange to the public [HB-2939]
The purpose of this bill is to allow the superintendent the ability to expand the sale of items from the post exchange to the general public.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating generally to shooting ranges [SB-575]
The purpose of this bill is to limit nuisance actions against shooting ranges for noises. The bill prohibits ordinances regulating to shooting ranges that are more stringent than such ordinances in effect at the time a shooting range was constructed or planned.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Creating medical malpractice peer review panel by Board of Medicine [SB-560]
The purpose of this bill is to establish a medical malpractice peer review panel by the Board of Medicine to review medical malpractice and medical malpractice-related claim.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Changing the number of strikes in jury selection in felony cases [HB-2828]
The purpose of this bill is to decrease the number of strikes a defendant has in a criminal proceeding from six to four from a panel of potential jurors. The bill increases the number of strikes the prosecution has from two to four. The bill also sets forth the order the strikes are to be taken.
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West Virginia 2017 Regular Session
Relating to civil actions for damages brought against county commissions and municipalities [SB-562]
The purpose of this bill is to reform the liability of municipalities and county commissions for civil actions brought by reason of a slip and fall injury due to defect or disrepair of municipal or county owned property.