Any person injured by the violation of any statute may recover from the offender such damages as he may sustain by reason of the violation, although a penalty or forfeiture for such violation be thereby imposed, unless the same be expressly mentioned to be in lieu of such damages.
W. Va. Code § 55-7-9
Violation of statutes
Applied in 15 court decisions — leading case 183 W. Va. 77 - Anderson v. Moulder (1990)
Most recently applied in General Pipeline Construction, Inc. v. Hairston (October 2014)
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Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.