Originally from Litigation Handbook on West Virginia Rules of Civil Procedure, Sixth Edition.
The chapters of the Handbook provide as persuasive authority federal case law construing the federal rules of civil procedure, as West Virginia’s rules of civil procedure are patterned after the federal rules. Their aim is to impart a fundamental understanding of how the rules of civil procedure are applied.
The chapters have been conveniently organized to correspond with actual rule citations.
Chapter VII provides the text of West Virginia Civil Procedure Rules 54-63 as well as a summary of each rule along with extensive commentary.
Preview the chapter contents and the first pages of the chapter above.
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).
