Bill to Create Appellate Court Clears Senate

A long-gestating proposal to create an intermediate court of appeals in West Virginia has gained approval in the West Virginia Senate. The chamber passed Senate Bill 341 along party lines on Thursday, with all but one Democrat voting against it, The Register-Herald newspaper of Beckley, West Virginia, reported. Business and insurance interests back SB 341, saying an intermediate appellate court system would create “some predictability and better case law,” as West Virginia Insurance Federation president Jill Rice put it. The West Virginia Association for Justice, which ...