Legislation

Authorizing a court to award a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in specified civil actions; authorizing a court to award attorney's fees to a prevailing defendant only under specified circumstances; establishing the method of calculating specified awards of attorney's fees; establishing that the limit on the liability of the State under the Maryland Tort Claims Act does not include a specified award of attorney's fees and expenses; providing that a specified plaintiff is considered a prevailing plaintiff; etc.

Committees

Original:: Judicial Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Cross-filed with: HB0568

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2014

History

Legislation History
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/28/2014 Legislative Date 1/29/2014 Action First Reading Judicial Proceedings Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/29/2014 Legislative Date 1/29/2014 Action Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 1/30/2014 Legislative Date 1/30/2014 Action Hearing cancelled Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 2/05/2014 Legislative Date 2/05/2014 Action Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 3/19/2014 Legislative Date 3/20/2014 Action Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
Senate	1/28/2014	1/29/2014	First Reading Judicial Proceedings
Senate	1/29/2014	1/29/2014	Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate	1/30/2014	1/30/2014	Hearing cancelled
Senate	2/05/2014	2/05/2014	Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate	3/19/2014	3/20/2014	Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
1/29/2014	Text - First - Civil Actions - Award of Attorney's Fees and Expenses
3/19/2014	Vote - Senate - Committee - Judicial Proceedings

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