File Code: Tort Reform
- Sponsored By:
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Senators Pica, Currie, Blount, Young, McFadden, Ruben, Collins, Lawlah,
Kelley, Middlebrooks, Hughes, Trotter, Forehand, Della, and Colburn
- Entitled:
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Civil Actions - Punitive Damages
Specifying the circumstances under which punitive damages may be
awarded in civil actions; specifying the circumstances under which a
principal, employer, or master may be held liable for punitive damages
based upon acts or omissions of an agent, employee, or servant;
providing for the allocation of punitive damages awarded to a party;
and limiting attorneys' fees in an action in which punitive damages
are awarded.
Senate Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/18
- Unfavorable Report by Judicial Proceedings
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator John A. Pica, Jr., District 43
- Senator Clarence W. Blount, District 41
- Senator Richard Colburn, District 37
- Senator Michael J. Collins, District 6
- Senator Ulysses Currie, District 25
- Senator George W. Della, Jr., District 47
- Senator Jennie M. Forehand, District 17
- Senator Ralph M. Hughes, District 40
- Senator Delores G. Kelley, District 10
- Senator Gloria Gary Lawlah, District 26
- Senator Nathaniel J. McFadden, District 45
- Senator Edward Middlebrooks, District 32
- Senator Ida G. Ruben, District 20
- Senator Decatur W. Trotter, District 24
- Senator Larry Young, District 44
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- ATTORNEYS -see also- LEGAL AID, STATE'S ATTORNEYS
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- DAMAGES
- FEES -see also- DEVELOPMENT FEES AND TAXES
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
11-111
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available