[WV] House defeats 'false claims' bill

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Source: Charleston Gazette

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- West Virginia won't join a growing number of states that allow people to sue companies that commit fraud against state government.

On Tuesday, the House of Delegates voted 55-41 to reject a bill that has brought billions of dollars to other states and the federal government over the past decade.

Opponents of the legislation (HB4001) called it a "sue and settle" bill that would be bad for business in West Virginia. Republican House members said the legislation was designed to create a windfall for trial lawyers.

"This is a way to create plaintiffs," said Delegate J.B. McCuskey, R-Kanawha. "It's not an answer to our state's budget problems."

Read more: http://www.wvgazette.com/News/politics/201402250117

[Nanjing to Seoul]

1. Yes, because Fraud is a-okay these days.

Ugh. . .when will poor people in Appalachia stop voting for these assholes that always screw them?

[freshwest]

2. When they stop believing in the lottery? Or that they're only temporarily not millionaires? IDK. nt

[xxqqqzme]

3. Hell no, then people cold sue the

coal companies and every other affiliated corp for all the water, air and environmental degradation. Can't have that.

[Brigid]

4. Those who oppose this bill are missing the point.

It isn't about raising revenue through lawsuits; it's about discouraging fraud. Even IN has this law.