Litigation Handbook on West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure - Fifth Edition [Hardcover] Robin Jean Davis and Louis J. Palmer

The Fifth Edition of the Litigation Handbook on West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure provides a meaningful and thorough starting and end point for researching the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure.

The new edition of the Litigation Handbook on West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure, which has been cited by the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia more than fifty times and hundreds of times by lower courts, has been greatly enhanced with the addition of hundreds of pages of substantive material that is integrated throughout the eight chapters of the work. In addition to this material, the new edition has added twenty-five new headings to address pertinent new issues involved with the rules. Some of the new headings include: concurrent jurisdiction by state and federal courts; interstate boundary line dispute between private citizens; settlement when medical payments made by Medicaid; collateral attack of judgment; removal of case to Business Court Division; and awarding costs and attorney fees to intervenor. Further, the new edition has been enhanced with citations to more than 400 new state and federal cases. Finally, the Table of Contents has been completely rewritten to include greater detail in the subheadings to make research in the Handbook more efficient and easier for the harried counsel and judge.

The Handbook is a proven and invaluable tool and reference for the bench and bar in obtaining an understanding of the application of the rules of civil procedure.

Justice Robin Jean Davis is currently serving as a Justice of the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals. Justice Davis served as Chief Justice in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010 and 2015. Under her leadership as Chief Justice in 2010, the Court approved Revised Rules of Appellate Procedure, which modernized and comprehensively changed the appellate process in West Virginia to provide a decision on the merits in every case.

Louis J. Palmer, Jr. has been a staff attorney on the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals since 1996. He was a Drafter of the West Virginia Rules of Evidence and of the West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure and has Authored several books that include: Racism In America: A Guide to Understanding Discrimination (2006); Encyclopedia of DNA and the United States Criminal Justice System (2004); Encyclopedia of Abortion in the United States (2002); and Encyclopedia of Capital Punishment in the United States (2001).