West Virginia Editorial Takes on Legal Reform Critics

The Charleston (WV) Daily Mail editorial board takes on critics of legal reform, writing, “Pro-business groups are interested in creating a more business-friendly legal climate. But the anti-reform side has interests, too — particularly the trial lawyers who benefit handsomely from the current system.” 

The “personal injury bar and its friends” who are “protesting loudly at the prospect of legal reform” are no more important than the “hundreds of thousands of state residents who would benefit from it,” continues the editorial.

Read the full editorial here.