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Takata Corporation, a Japanese auto parts maker, has agreed to pay $1 Billion after pleading guilty to one count of wire fraud for concealing a defect in millions of its airbag inflators. Takata airbag manufacturers admitted to covering up the defective inflators which can explode with too much force and send shards of metal into…

Congratulations to the attorneys, paralegals, and staff at the Robinette Legal Group PLLC for Jeff Robinette’s inclusion in the American Institute of Personal Injury Attorney’s Top 10 Best Personal Injury Attorneys for Client Satisfaction in West Virginia, 2016-2017. No one who achieves great success does it alone. Great work, team! To qualify for this award,…

In contrast to the many Senate and House Bills before the West Virginia State Judiciary Committee in this 2017 Legislative Session that threaten to undermine the legal rights of every West Virginian, there are clarifications and additions that we can agree with inHouse Bill 2099as introduced by Delegate McGeehan to the Committee on the Judiciary….

Proposed Tort Reform Measures in WV Threaten the Quality of Care for All Patients The West Virginia State Code clearly states that the citizens of West Virginia are entitled to the best medical care and facilities available, and generally speaking, we have excellent health care in the larger cities of West Virginia including Charleston and…

SB 277: Unnecessary, Unaffordable, and Wrong for West Virginia With the current legislative session now under way, tort reform advocates have stepped up their efforts to push through legislation that will benefit corporate and insurance industry interests. One such piece of legislation, SB 277, calls for the establishment of an intermediate appellate court. For many…