Campaign Cash
In an attempt to limit legal reform efforts, the personal injury lawsuit industry frequently showers large campaign contributions on legislative candidates that represent districts outside their own. This practice has worked with great success. The West Virginia Legislature has failed to pass needed legal reforms in recent years. Key leadership positions are controlled by personal injury lawyers, resulting in an inability to even debate meaningful reforms.
Every two years, WV CALA compiles its “Dirty Dozen” list of the top twelve legislative candidates who raised the most money from personal injury lawyer interests in large campaign contributions – those greater than $250 which require donors to disclose their occupation and employer. West Virginians can look to this list to find out who is being bankrolled by personal injury lawyers to kill legislation that would help bring more jobs to our state.
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WV CALA also compiles a list of the top ten personal injury lawyers that have given the most in large contributions to Legislative, Attorney General and Supreme Court candidates. The large amounts of money show that these firms are certainly invested in preserving West Virginia’s notorious reputation as a “judicial hellhole.”
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