(a) The court shall hear the case at the time and date set forth for trial without a jury and without unnecessary delays. To the extent not inconsistent with other laws or applicable rules, the court shall give priority to the matter over all other matters. To the extent otherwise authorized by law or applicable rules, the court may assign the matter to other judges if necessary to comply with the need for expedited proceedings under this article.
(b) Continuances for trial shall be granted only in extreme circumstances.
(c) The court shall receive as self-authenticated any of the following when offered by the commissioner:
(1) Certified copies of the financial statements made by the person; and
(2) Certified copies of examination reports of the person made by or on behalf of the commissioner.
(d) The facts contained in any such examination report shall be presumed to be true as of the date of the hearing if the examination was made as of a date not more than two hundred seventy days before the petition was filed. This presumption shall be rebuttable and shall shift the burden of production and persuasion.
(e) Discovery shall be limited to grounds alleged in the petition, and shall be concluded on an expedited basis.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 10. Rehabilitation and Liquidation
§33-10-2. Jurisdiction, Venue and Appeal of Delinquency Proceedings; Exclusive Remedy
§33-10-3. Court's Seizure Order
§33-10-4. Injunctions and Other Orders
§33-10-4a. Commencement of Formal Delinquency Proceeding
§33-10-4b. Return of Summons and Summary Hearing
§33-10-4c. Proceedings for Expedited Trial, Continuances, Discovery, Evidence
§33-10-4d. Decision and Appeals
§33-10-5. Grounds for Rehabilitation of Domestic Insurers
§33-10-6. Grounds for Liquidation
§33-10-7. Grounds for Conserving Assets of Foreign Insurers
§33-10-8. Grounds for Conserving Assets of Alien Insurers
§33-10-9. Grounds for Ancillary Liquidation of Foreign Insurers
§33-10-10. Order of Rehabilitation
§33-10-11. Order of Liquidation of Domestic Insurer
§33-10-12. Order of Liquidation of Alien Insurers
§33-10-13. Order of Conservation or Ancillary Liquidation of Foreign or Alien Insurers
§33-10-14. Conduct of Delinquency Proceedings Against Domestic or Alien Insurers
§33-10-15. Conduct of Delinquency Proceedings Against Foreign Insurers
§33-10-16. Claims of Nonresidents Against Domestic Insurers
§33-10-17. Claims Against Foreign Insurers
§33-10-19. Priority of Certain Claims
§33-10-19a. Priority of Distribution
§33-10-20. Attachment, Garnishment or Execution
§33-10-21. Uniform Insurers Liquidation Act
§33-10-22. Deposit of Moneys Collected
§33-10-23. Exemption of Commissioner From Fees
§33-10-24. Borrowing on Pledge of Assets
§33-10-25. Date Rights Fixed on Liquidation
§33-10-26. Voidable Preferences and Liens
§33-10-26a. Fraudulent Transfers Prior to Petition
§33-10-26b. Recoupment From Affiliates
§33-10-26c. Fraudulent Transfer After Petition
§33-10-26d. Claims of Holders of Void or Voidable Rights
§33-10-29. Allowance of Certain Claims
§33-10-30. Time Within Which Claims to Be Filed
§33-10-31. Report for Assessment Against Members or Subscribers of Mutual or Reciprocal Insurers
§33-10-33. Order to Pay Assessment
§33-10-34. Publication and Service of Assessment Order
§33-10-35. Judgment Upon the Assessment
§33-10-36. Early Access to Distribution
§33-10-37. Distribution of Assets
§33-10-38. Unclaimed and Withheld Funds; Termination of Proceedings
§33-10-39. Immunity in Receivership Proceedings and Representation of the Special Deputy Supervisor