West Virginia Senate Bill 450 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 27 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-02-27 - To Judiciary
Pending: Senate Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

The purpose of this bill is to provide class action safeguards. It attempts to ensure that the class action mechanism is not used to eliminate required elements of proof and precludes statutory damages in class actions. It addresses awards of attorneys’ fees in class actions by requiring courts to consider the overall benefit of the settlement or judgment to the class and the ratio of the proposed fee to the overall benefit. It also addresses when an appeal lies from an order granting or denying class certification.

Relating to class action safeguards

Sen. Charles Trump [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-02-27	Senate	To Judiciary
2017-02-27	Senate	Introduced in Senate
2017-02-27	Senate	To Judiciary
2017-02-27	Senate	Filed for introduction

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
55	7	31	New Code	See Bill Text
55	7	32	New Code	See Bill Text
58	5	1	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/Bills_history.cfm?input=450&year=2017&sessiontype=RS&btype=bill
Text	http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb450%20intr.htm&yr=2017&sesstype=RS&i=450