HOUSE BILL 781

File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures

Sponsored By:

Delegates Harkins, Bonsack, Jacobs, Brinkley, Stup, M. Burns, Getty, O'Donnell, Owings, and Kach

Entitled:

Courts - Victims of Crime - Immunity From Civil Liability

Synopsis:

Establishing that a person who engages in criminal conduct involving a crime of violence assumes the risk of loss, injury, or death resulting from acts or omissions of a victim of the criminal conduct and may not maintain a civil action for damages resulting from such acts or omissions; establishing a certified copy of specified documents as conclusive proof in a civil action under the Act that a person engaged in criminal conduct involving a crime of violence; etc.

Legislative History

House Action

2/2

First Reading Judiciary

2/7

Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.

3/4

Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

Senate Action

No Action

Sponsored by:

Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A

Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34

Delegate David R. Brinkley, District 4A

Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32

Delegate Joseph M. Getty, District 5

Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34

Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A

Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C

Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B

Delegate J. Anita Stup, District 3

Bill indexed under the following Subjects:

CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS -see also- PENALTIES, SENTENCES

DAMAGES

LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN

VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

Bill affects the following Statute:

Courts and Judicial Proceedings

( 5-399.7 )

Documents:

Bill Text:

First Reading (PDF), Third Reading, Enrolled

Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments: None available