House 3335

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE

2025 REGULAR SESSION

Introduced

House Bill 3335

By Delegate Crouse

[Introduced March 13, 2025; referred to the Committee on the Judiciary]

A BILL to amend and reenact §55-7-9 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, relating to violations of statutes; and providing that a person in an automobile accident whose license has been suspended or revoked is at fault for the accident.  

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 7. ACTIONS FOR INJURIES.

§55-7-9. Violation of statutes.

(a) Any person injured by the violation of any statute may recover from the offender such damages as he or she 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.

(b)  Any person involved in an automobile accident, when that person has had his or her operator's license suspended or revoked, shall be considered in violation of §17B-4-3 of this code, and at fault for the accident and responsible to persons for injuries or property damaged.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide that a person in an automobile accident whose license has been suspended or revoked is at fault for the accident and any damages or injuries.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.