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Court’s poor reputation caused by many factors

The Register-Herald
May 22, 2009
Your paper’s May 14 editorial is not entirely off base — West Virginia’s Supreme Court has set a bad example for the state. However, our court’s poor reputation cannot be laid at the foot of just one or two individuals.

Prior to Chief Justice Benjamin’s election, our Supreme Court already had a national [...]

Do W.Va. courts police lawsuit fraud?

Charleston Daily Mail
May 12, 2009
The Daily Mail’s May 5 editorial on John A. Ulizio is praiseworthy, as West Virginia’s legal system is rarely the subject of positive media attention. Ulizio has admirably helped to expose massive lawsuit fraud among thousands of asbestosis and silicosis claims.
Unfortunately, our state also has its share of villains [...]

WV CALA sponsoring first legal education seminar

The West Virginia Record
May 8, 2009
By Chris Dickerson
CHARLESTON – West Virginia Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse is sponsoring a Continuing Legal Education seminar focusing on current legal developments in the state’s civil justice system.
The event, scheduled for May 28 in Charleston, will feature West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Robin Davis as the headline speaker. She will [...]

West Virginia has its tort heroes, too

Charleston Daily Mail
May 5, 2009
West Virginians have suffered economically because corporations view their state as a “tort hell.” But it turns out the state harbored a tort hero, too – John A. Ulizio.
Kimberly Strasser of The Wall Street Journal recently profiled Ulizio, chief executive officer of U.S. Silica, headquartered in Berkeley Springs. It has operations [...]

He Fought the Tort Bar — and Won

Thanks to a CEO’s persistence, a federal judge discovers massive lawsuit fraud.
The Wall Street Journal
May 3, 2009
By Kimberely A. Strassel
Berkeley Springs, W. Va.
Officially, John A. Ulizio is the CEO of U.S. Silica, one of the nation’s largest producers of industrial sand. Unofficially, he’s the man who fought the tort bar — and won. It’s a [...]