context: Even if we had some hesitation about the correctness of our holding in this case (which we do not), we would be inclined to opt for a liberal approach to the statute of limitations because of the remedial nature of the wrongful death statute.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.identifier: 558 S.E.2d 681, 686
citation_a.parenthetical: "We have repeatedly recognized that because the wrongful death act alleviates the harshness of the common law, it is to be given a liberal construction to achieve its beneficent purposes."
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Bradshaw v. Soulsby, 210 W.Va. 682, 558 S.E.2d 681, 686 (2001) (“We have repeatedly recognized that because the wrongful death act alleviates the harshness of the common law, it is to be given a liberal construction to achieve its beneficent purposes.”); see also Hanebuth, 694 P.2d at 147 (observing that “[it] is profoundly unfair to deprive a litigant of his right to bring a lawsuit before he has had any reasonable opportunity to do so”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 694 P.2d 147, 147
citation_b.parenthetical: observing that "[it] is profoundly unfair to deprive a litigant of his right to bring a lawsuit before he has had any reasonable opportunity to do so"
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Bradshaw v. Soulsby, 210 W.Va. 682, 558 S.E.2d 681, 686 (2001) (“We have repeatedly recognized that because the wrongful death act alleviates the harshness of the common law, it is to be given a liberal construction to achieve its beneficent purposes.”); see also Hanebuth, 694 P.2d at 147 (observing that “[it] is profoundly unfair to deprive a litigant of his right to bring a lawsuit before he has had any reasonable opportunity to do so”).