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Senate committee advances bill to let consumer-credit claims survive a claimant’s death
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The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee voted to report Engrossed House Bill 3162 as amended to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee voted to report Engrossed House Bill 3162 as amended to the full Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and, under its original double-committee reference, first be referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Committee counsel told the panel the bill adds language to the West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act to expand the definition of “consumer” to include administrators, executors and other legal representatives and to explicitly list violations of that act among causes of action that survive the death of a claimant. "This bill adds language to the West Virginia,…
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