{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-7-9","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 55-7-9","heading":"Violation of statutes.","body":"Any person injured by the violation of any statute may recover from the offender such damages as he may sustain by reason of the violation, although a penalty or forfeiture for such violation be thereby imposed, unless the same be expressly mentioned to be in lieu of such damages.","path":["CHAPTER 55. ACTIONS, SUITS AND ARBITRATION; JUDICIAL SALE.","ARTICLE 7. ACTIONS FOR INJURIES."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/55-7-9/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:30:56Z","sha256":"90b867953edda948d3ab5e64db9f66be5f2115fe9c6136f60c32b1bffdd5c635","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-7-8a","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-55-7-10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}