TORTS -see also- LIBEL & SLANDER; MED MALP; WRONGFUL DEATH

Status of Legislation
Total number of Bills: 13

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  HB 263

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Gladden, Grosfeld, and Montague

  Entitled

  Courts - Limitation on Noneconomic Damages - Repeal

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 331

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Duplicative

  Sponsored By

  Chairman, Environmental Matters Committee (Departmental - Dept. Business & Economic Dev.)

  Entitled

  Environment - Brownfields Revitalization Incentive and Voluntary Cleanup Programs

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Environmental Matters
  Senate: Economic and Environmental Affairs

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  HB 357

  Status as of May 11, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 366

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow and Montague

  Entitled

  Courts - Transfer of Structured Settlement Payment Rights

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 424

  Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Valderrama and Vallario

  Entitled

  Tort Claims - Local Governments - Notice Period

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 425

  Status as of February 28, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Valderrama and Vallario

  Entitled

  Courts - State Tort Claims - Notice of Claim

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 697

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Vallario, Dembrow, and K. Kelly

  Entitled

  Courts - Parent-Child Immunity - Motor Vehicle Torts - Abrogation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 725

  Status as of May 19, 2000: Vetoed by the Governor - Cross-filed bill was signed

  Sponsored By

  Delegate Marriott (Baltimore City Administration)

  Entitled

  Baltimore City - Local Government Tort Claims Act - Lexington Market, Inc.

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  Senate: Judicial Proceedings

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  HB 947

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Withdrawn Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates K. Kelly and Vallario

  Entitled

  Courts - Local Government Tort Claims - Limits on Liability

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1096

  Status as of March 13, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Dembrow, Zirkin, Grosfeld, Barkley, Burns, Montague, Griffith, and Menes

  Entitled

  Civil Actions - Limitation on Awards for Noneconomic Damages - Occupational Exposure

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  HB 1209

  Status as of April 25, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 13

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Barve, Taylor, Dewberry, Hurson, Arnick, Bohanan, Busch, Doory, Guns, Harrison, Hixson, Howard, Kopp, Menes, Montague, Owings, Rawlings, Rosenberg, Vallario, and Wood

  Entitled

  Maryland Science, Engineering, and Technology Development Corporation

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Economic Matters
  Senate: Finance

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  HB 1334

  Status as of March 25, 2000: Bill is in the House - Unfavorable Judiciary

  Sponsored By

  Delegates Menes and Vallario

  Entitled

  Punitive Damages - High Risk Drunk Drivers

  Committee
  Assignments

  House: Judiciary
  

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  SB 715

  Status as of May 18, 2000: Became Law - Chapter 556

  Sponsored By

  Senator McFadden (Baltimore City Administration)

  Entitled

  Baltimore City - Local Government Tort Claims Act - Lexington Market, Inc.

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings
  House: Judiciary

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  SB 779

  Status as of March 7, 2000: Bill is in the Senate - Unfavorable Judicial Proceedings

  Sponsored By

  Senator Mitchell

  Entitled

  Maryland Comparative Negligence Act

  Committee
  Assignments

  Senate: Judicial Proceedings