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CHARLESTON – National and statewide tort reform groups are praising West Virginia lawmakers for work on the COVID-19 immunity legislation that could be on the governor’s desk soon.
“It is as critical as ever for West Virginia to pass a legislative solution to support health care providers, small businesses, and their employees who have been on the frontlines, responding to the pandemic, as they’re targeted with lawsuits” American Tort Reform Association President Tiger Joyce said.
Joyce said from March through December last year, plaintiffs’ lawyers spent more than $260,000 to air more than 3,300 legal services television ads mentioning COVID-19 or coronavirus in West Virginia.
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CHARLESTON – A West Virginia group committed to protected the 7th Amendment right to jury trial says the state Senate’s COVID-19 immunity bill is too broad and could take away citizens’ rights.
The West Virginia Consumer Protection Alliance also said Senate Bill 277 would “legalize COVID overreach and take away West Virginians rights to challenge unnecessary restrictions.”
Another statewide legal reform group, however, says the trial attorneys behind the Consumer Protection Alliance “will say or do anything to make sure that they can sue anyone they can to get rich.”