WEST VIRGINIA CODE
WVC 37 - 7 - 4
§37-7-4. Actions; damages.
Any person entitled to damages, in any case arising under
the preceding sections of this article, may recover the same in
an action on the case. And if it shall be found by the jury that
the waste was committed wantonly, judgment shall be for three
times the amount of damages assessed therefor.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session