Gov. Youngkin: Veto HB 2351 & Protect the Right to Appeal in Virginia

The American Tort Reform Association is calling on Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin to veto House Bill 2351, which would dramatically increase the Commonwealth’s appeal bond cap.

In a letter delivered to the Governor’s office yesterday, ATRA, along with a coalition of business organizations, warned that the bill would undermine fairness in the civil justice system and harm Virginia’s business climate.

“H.B. 2351 would impose an unnecessarily heavy burden on the exercise of the right to appeal a sizable adverse judgment,” Tiger Joyce, American Tort Reform Association president said. “Increasing the state’s appeal bond cap to $200 million, plus an annual inflation adjuster, is an unprecedented retreat from reform that would make Virginia an outlier in the country, particularly at a time when other states are diligently working to improve their civil justice and business climates.”