Responding to a Complaint: West Virginia

January 24, 2024Articles
Thomson Reuters

A Q&A guide to responding on a complaint in a trial court of general jurisdiction in West Virginia. This Q&A addresses the time to respond, extensions for time to respond, pre-answer motions, answers, replies to the answer, counterclaims, crossclaims, third-party claims (also known as impleader), and defensive interpleader. Answers to questions can be compared across a number of jurisdictions.

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