WV HB2784

Clarifies that employers who maintain mandatory workers' compensation insurance coverage or approved self-insured status are exempt from common law or statutory liability for employee injury or death

Makes workers' compensation benefits the exclusive remedy for injured employees, eliminating their ability to pursue compensatory and punitive damages against employers, officers, directors, managers, agents, or co-employees acting in their employer capacity

Repeals §23-2-6a, which previously provided separate exemption from liability for officers, managers, agents, representatives, or employees of contributing employers

Removes the existing "deliberate intention" exception that previously allowed employees to sue employers in civil court when injury or death resulted from an employer's deliberate intention to cause harm

Eliminates the detailed five-part test and procedural requirements that courts previously used to determine whether an employer lost immunity from lawsuit due to deliberate intention