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Article: Railroads Challenge Harmful West Virginia Court Practice.
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- PR Newswire
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- November 28, 2001
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Three eastern railroads will file suit to stop West Virginia's "mass litigation" process, which unfairly benefits out-of-state plaintiffs and their attorneys at the expense of the state's citizens and businesses.
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CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern Railway and Conrail, joined by American Premier Underwriters (formerly Penn Central), will file suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia against the justices of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia. The railroads seek to invalidate West Virginia Trial Court Rule (TCR) 26.01, which in ...