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Article: West Virginia Supreme Court Rules That the State's Statute Barring Claims of Nonresidents Against West Virginia Defendants Is Unconstitutional.
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- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Article date:
- July 10, 2006
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A common feature of mass tort litigation in the last few decades has been the rise of the magnet jurisdictions. Because they are perceived as being plaintiff-friendly, large numbers of nonresidents file suit in these jurisdictions even though these plaintiffs and the facts of their cases may have no significant relationship with the chosen jurisdiction.
In recent years, the courts and legislatures of several, but not all, of these magnet jurisdictions have taken steps to curb the filing of suits by nonresidents that would otherwise swamp their courts. Mississippi has undertaken a series of legislative and judicial reforms to limit the number of out-of-state ...