Class Action Reform- S.B. 704 (2011)

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Adopts Iqbal/Twombly language and adds a new requirement for class


Adopts Iqbal/Twombly language and adds a new requirement for class action lawsuits.  Provides that an action may be maintained as a class action if the petition contains factual allegations sufficient to demonstrate a plausible claim for relief.

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More Work Remains on Tort Reform

This letter-to-the-editor was originally published by The Herald-Dispatch in Huntington, WV. West Virginia was a mainstay on the American Tort Reform Foundation’s “Judicial Hellholes®” list for nearly 20 years, finally […]