Any person who is denied access to public records requested pursuant to this article and who successfully brings a suit filed pursuant to section five of this article shall be entitled to recover his or her attorney fees and court costs from the public body that denied him or her access to the records.
W. Va. Code § 29B-1-7
Attorney fees and costs
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case 206 W. Va. 51 - Daily Gazette Co. v. West Virginia Development Office (1999)
Most recently applied in Highland Mining Co. v. West Virginia University School of Medicine (May 2015)
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