Group wants W. Va. lawmakers to follow Mississippi's lead
Legal Newsline
March 3, 2008
By John O'Brien
Recent scandals may not make Mississippi seem like much of a legal role model, but a West Virginia legal reform group would like to see its state take some of the same measures.
Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse thinks West Virginia's Legislature should emulate a sunshine law geared towards state contracts given by the Attorney General's office that is working its way through the Mississippi system.
"Both houses in the Magnolia State passed a sunshine measure to govern their attorney general's activities, and the House bill passed on a roll call of 119-1," said Steve Cohen, Executive Director of CALA. "Attorney General Darrell McGraw should be subject to the same accountability."
