CHARLESTON -- The West Virginia State Medical Association says it applauds the Court's "well reasoned decision" to uphold the state's cap on non-economic damages in medical liability lawsuits.
We knew our Legislature's caps on medical malpractice awards were going to be challenged, and who the challengers would be: personal injury attorneys and their clients.
MORGANTOWN – Caps on awards for pain and suffering in medical malpractice trials prevent runaway jury verdicts, the West Virginia State Medical Association pleads in a case the Supreme Court of Appeals will hear on Tuesday, March 8.
There may be something salutary about hair shirts, beds of nails and other instruments of self-mortification, but most people try to avoid pain and suffering. When it's inflicted by a second party, they protest loudly and demand redress.
CHARLESTON -- Various medical associations and insurer groups say they support the constitutionality of West Virginia's non-economic damages cap in medical liability cases.
Jenkins CHARLESTON -- The executive director of the West Virginia State Medical Association says he is concerned about the implications of a case, set to be heard by the state Supreme Court early next year, challenging the state's medical malpractice reforms.
CHARLESTON -– Health care will be the first issue examined as part of this year's learning/training sessions for the 2010 class of Leadership West Virginia.
Heath CHARLESTON – West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse is sponsoring a Continuing Legal Education seminar focusing on current legal developments in the state's civil justice system.
Thornburg CHARLESTON -- A Southern Methodist University law professor says it's doubtful that West Virginia's judicial climate is as bad as some groups claim.
McGraw NEW YORK - Businesses are skittish about investing their resources in West Virginia because of the state's troubled legal system, a report released Monday by The Manhattan Institute says.
Walker CHARLESTON -- Republican state Supreme Court candidate Beth Walker recently was awarded the 2008 Healthcare Leadership Award by the West Virginia State Medical Association.
Walker CHARLESOTN - WVL-PAC, the political action committee of West Virginians for Life, has announced its endorsement of Beth Walker for Justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals.
Walker CHARLESTON -- WESPAC, the political action committee of the West Virginia State Medical Association, has announced its endorsement of Beth Walker for Supreme Court.
Maynard CHARLESTON – So long as a 2003 medical malpractice reform law remains constitutional, it, and its component parts, will remain "a moving target" said West Virginia's chief justice.
Bastress CHARLESTON – When it comes to confessing belief or opposition to making judicial elections non-partisan, at least two candidates for state Supreme Court admit to being agnostic on the question.