West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse

06/16/2026

ICYMI: West Virginia families will be the ones to pay the ultimate price of out of state special interest groups.

CHARLESTON — For decades, West Virginia had one of the least fair legal systems in the country, and it showed.

05/07/2026

West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse updated the 2026 “Dirty Dozen” list of candidates who have taken contributions from personal injury lawyers. They have spent big money in contested Republican primary State Senate elections.

04/25/2026

ICYMI: The Intelligencer: Candidates Question Outside Influence Behind West Virginia Primary Mailers

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04/22/2026

For the 2026 primary, West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse's "Dirty Dozen" list highlights Republican candidates in contested primaries who have received significant support from mainly Democrat personal injury lawyers.

03/15/2026

Statement from West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse on the Conclusion of the 2026 Legislative Session

“The West Virginia State Senate has just concluded another sixty days of wasted opportunity. While the House of Delegates focused on an economic development package aimed at job creation, the Senate spent its time making life more expensive for West Virginia families.

From attempting to hike the ‘tort tax’ through expanded liability to voting for politically motivated mandates that drive up electric bills, the Senate’s priorities were clearly putting special interests first and taxpayers last. They even went so far as to do the bidding of out-of-state groups by banning food products and driving up grocery costs. West Virginians deserve a Senate that works for them, and we look forward to seeing a dramatic improvement in that body following this year’s primary election.” - Greg Thomas, Executive Director.

01/16/2026

WVCALA on the WV Legislative Session that kicked off this week: “Thomas said WV CALA “will continue to educate our state leaders as well as voters about the negative impact lawsuit abuse has on jobs, consumer costs and access to affordable healthcare.”

CHARLESTON – The annual state legislative session has begun, and Gov. Patrick Morrisey has outlined his plans for 2026 in his State of the State address.

07/02/2025

WVCALA hosted business leaders and officials to discuss W.Va. legal reform at a luncheon event in Parkersburg

The luncheon event was organized by West Virginia Citizen’s Against Lawsuit Abuse Director Greg Thomas and Wood County Delegate Bob Fehrenbacher.

04/15/2025

West Virginia Record “No real legal reform in ‘worst session ever’”

“The only thing this particular group of politicians accomplished was to create opportunities to make their campaign contributors even wealthier. Shame on the 2025 State Senate.”

CHARLESTON – The executive director of a statewide legal reform group has dubbed the just-completed regular session of the West Virginia Legislature the “worst session ever.”

03/18/2025

ICYMI: WV Record, Two legal reform bills fail to pass Senate Judiciary

“For weeks, we had been waiting for this Legislature to bring up bills that would help create much needed jobs in West Virginia,” WV CALA’s Greg Thomas said. “This was the state Senate’s first opportunity to do so, and they overwhelmingly voted it down.”

CHARLESTON – Tort reform advocates are expressing concern over the failure of two bills to make it out of the state Senate Judiciary Committee. But, a statewide group for trial attorneys say the defeat of the bills was a victory for West Virginia citizens.

02/26/2025

ICYMI: WVCALA in the WV Record

“A statewide legal reform group says a recent economic impact study shows lawsuit abuse continues to cost West Virginians jobs and hurt the local economy.”

CHARLESTON – A statewide legal reform group says a recent economic impact study shows lawsuit abuse continues to cost West Virginians jobs and hurt the local economy. But a group for state trial attorneys dispute the results, saying the so-called “tort tax” isn’t real.