Advocate for tort reform files personal injury suit
"The president of the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, a longtime advocate of tort reform, is suing his neighbors over an injury to his daughter. According to the lawsuit filed in Kanawha Circuit Court in August, Stephen Roberts and his wife, Anne, allege that their neighbors' son shot their teenage daughter in the left eye with a paintball gun. The couple is seeking unspecified compensatory damages from the boy's parents, David and Linda Wooddell, for medical bills and other related expenses. Caroline Wooddell, the owner of the South Hills house where David and Linda live, is also named in the suit, as is the juvenile who allegedly fired the paintball gun. Reached on Wednesday, Roberts said that the kind of reforms recommended by the Chamber of Commerce would have no effect on lawsuits like this one."
Andrew Clevenger, West Virginia Gazette, 10/19/06
http://wvgazette.com/section/News/Today/2006101818
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