Bill to Add Appeals Court Advances After Amendments

A bill that would add an appeals court level and reconfigure the workers' compensation adjudication system passed a key House committee last week after a few amendments were made. Senate Bill 275 would add an intermediate appeals court to the West Virginia court system, which advocates say is needed to take the load off the state Supreme Court. It also would remove a level of review in the comp system, the Office of Administrative Law, and would allow appeals from the Workers' Compensation Board of Review to be heard by the new court. In a meeting last week, the House Judiciary Commi...