Where the title to property or the devolution thereof depends upon priority of death and there is no sufficient evidence that the persons have died otherwise than simultaneously, the property of each person shall be disposed of as if he had survived, except as provided otherwise in this article.
W. Va. Code § 42-5-1
No sufficient evidence of survivorship
Known as the Uniform Simultaneous Death Act
The act spans §§ 42-5-1 to 42-5-9 (10 sections).
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.