Hurley v. Allied Chemical Corp.

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  1. No private cause of action for failure to report sex abuse

    Bowles Rice LLPBrian PetersonDecember 4, 2003

    To determine whether any given statute provides a civil remedy, the Court analyzes the circumstances under a 4-part test. See Syl. Pt. 1, Hurley v. Allied Chemical Corporation, 164 W.Va. 268, 262 S.E.2d 757 (1980). ("(1) the plaintiff must be a member of the class for whose benefit the statute was enacted; (2) consideration must be given to legislative intent, express or implied, to determine whether a private cause of action was intended; (3) an analysis must be made of whether a private cause of action is consistent with the underlying purposes of the legislative scheme; and (4) such private cause of action must not intrude into an area delegated exclusively to the federal government."