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- W. Va. Code § 55-7-23 · Prescription drugs and medical devices; limiting health care providers' liability exposure.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-24 · §55-7-24.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-25 · Personal injury and wrongful death actions; complaint; specific amount of damages not to be stated.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-26 · First responders who use forced entry in response to 911 call; limited immunity from civil and criminal liability.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-27 · Liability of possessor of real property for harm to a trespasser.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-28 · Limiting civil liability of a possessor of real property for injuries caused by open and obvious hazards.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-29 · Limitations on punitive damages.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-30 · Adequate pharmaceutical warnings; limiting civil liability for manufacturers or sellers who provide warning to a learned intermediary.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-31 · Limitation on products liability actions; innocent seller.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7-32 · Liability for employee negligence in actions involving commercial motor vehicles.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7A-1 · Legislative findings; declaration of legislative intent.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7A-2 · Parental liability for willful, malicious or criminal acts of children.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-1 · Legislative findings and declaration of purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-3 · Elements of proof.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-4 · Health care injuries; limitations of actions; exceptions; venue.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-5 · Health care actions; complaint; specific amount of damages not to be stated; limitation on bad faith claims; filing of first party bad faith claims; when plaintiff’s criminal conduct bars recovery.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-6 · Prerequisites for filing an action against a health care provider; procedures; sanctions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-6a · Access to medical records.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-6b · Expedited resolution of cases against health care providers; time frames.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-6c · Summary jury trial.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-6d · §55-7B-6d.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-7 · Testimony of expert witness on standard of care.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-7a · Admissibility and use of certain information.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-8 · Limit on liability for noneconomic loss.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-9 · Several liability.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-9a · Reduction in compensatory damages for economic losses for payments from collateral sources for the same injury.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-9b · Limitations on third-party claims.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-9c · Limit on liability for treatment of emergency conditions for which patient is admitted to a designated trauma center; exceptions; emergency rules.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-9d · Adjustment of verdict for past medical expenses.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-10 · Effective date; applicability of provisions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-11 · Severability.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7B-12 · Self-funding program; requirements; minimum standards.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7C-1 · Findings and declaration of public purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7C-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7C-3 · Limited civil liability of qualified directors.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7C-4 · Applicability of provisions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7D-1 · Legislative findings.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7D-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7D-3 · Limiting liability of persons or corporations who donate food or grocery products; exceptions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7D-4 · Limitation of liability for landowners or occupiers who allow collection or gleaning of donations; exceptions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7D-5 · Construction.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7E-1 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7E-2 · Legislative findings and declaration of purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7E-3 · Statutory or common law employment claims; duty to mitigate damages.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-1 · Short title.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-2 · Findings and purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-3 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-4 · Required disclosures by plaintiff.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-5 · Discovery; use of materials.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-6 · Scheduling trial; stay of action.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-7 · Identification of additional or alternative asbestos trusts by defendant.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-8 · Valuation of asbestos trust claims; judicial notice.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-9 · Setoff; credit.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-10 · Failure to provide information; sanctions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7F-11 · Application.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7G-1 · Short title.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7G-2 · Findings and purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7G-3 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7G-4 · Filing claims; establishment of a prima facie case; additional required information for claims; individual actions to be filed.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7G-5 · Elements of proof for asbestos actions alleging a nonmalignant asbestos-related condition.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7G-6 · Elements of proof for silica actions alleging silicosis.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7G-7 · Evidence of physical impairment.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7G-8 · Procedures.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7G-9 · Statute of limitations; two-disease rule.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7G-10 · Application.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7H-1 · Findings and declaration of public purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7H-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7H-3 · Immunity for clinical practice plans and their directors, officers, employees, agents and contractors.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7H-4 · Medical professional liability insurance for state's medical and dental schools and state medical schools.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7H-5 · Applicability of provisions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7H-6 · Construction.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7I-1 · Findings and purpose.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7I-2 · Definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7I-3 · Applicability.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7I-4 · Limitations on successor asbestos-related liabilities.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7I-5 · Establishing fair market value of total gross assets.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7I-6 · Adjustment.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7I-7 · Scope of article; application.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7J-1 · Action for financial exploitation of an elderly person, protected person, or incapacitated adult; definitions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7J-2 · Restriction of defenses, standing alone, based on legal relationship.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7J-3 · Court authorized remedies.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7J-4 · Attorneys’ fees; court costs and burden of proof; statute of limitations.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7J-5 · Action to freeze assets; burden of proof; options the court may exercise.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7J-6 · Penalty for violation of injunction; retention of jurisdiction.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7K-1 · Limiting civil liability for certain behavioral health facilities and residential recovery facilities providing crisis stabilization services and/or drug and alcohol detoxification services, substance use disorder services, and/or drug overdose services on a short-term basis.
- W. Va. Code § 55-7K-2 · Applicability of provisions.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-1 · Jurisdiction in proceedings on penal bonds.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-2 · Action of debt or assumpsit on note or writing; action of debt for any past-due installment.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-3 · Action of assumpsit for breach of contract.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-4 · General issue in debt or assumpsit on sealed instrument.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-5 · Validity of writing payable to person dead at time of execution.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-6 · Liability of personal representative of deceased joint judgment debtor, obligor, promissor or partner.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-7 · Action against makers, drawers, endorsers, acceptors, assignors or absolute guarantors.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-8 · Joinder of personal representative of decedent as defendant in action under §55-8-7; judgment to affect only estate of decedent.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-9 · Action by assignee in own name; defenses and setoff; joinder of claims.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-10 · Assignee entitled to recover from assignor; defenses allowed.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-11 · Limitation on jurisdiction of equity as to suit by assignee.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-12 · Third party may sue on covenant or promise made for his sole benefit.
- W. Va. Code § 55-8-13 · Action of account.