1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 770

CHAPTER NUMBER: 318 File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 175
Sponsored By:
Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws) and Delegates R. Baker, Barve, Beck, Bozman, E. Burns, M. Burns, Cadden, Conway, Cryor, D. Davis, DeCarlo, Dembrow, Dewberry, Doory, Dypski, Edwards, Exum, Frank, Frush, Fulton, Genn, Goldwater, Gordon, Grosfeld, Harkins, Harrison, Healey, Hecht, Heller, Hixson, Howard, Hubbard, B. Hughes, Hurson, Hutchins, Kach, Klima, Kopp, Krysiak, Love, McIntosh, McKee, Montague, Morhaim, T. Murphy, Owings, Parker, Patterson, Pendergrass, Perry, Pitkin, Proctor, Rawlings, Redmer, Rosapepe, Rudolph, Shriver, Snodgrass, Taylor, Turner, Valderrama, and Workman
Entitled:
Wrongful Death - Damages

Synopsis:

Establishing that a beneficiary may be entitled to noneconomic damages in a wrongful death action for the death of a child or certain parents of a child who is not a minor child; revoking specified conditions required to entitle beneficiaries to noneconomic damages; altering the method by which a court is required to allocate noneconomic damages in which there are two or more claimants or beneficiaries if the jury awards an amount that exceeds the statutory limit; applying the Act prospectively; etc.

Legislative History

House Action
1/31
First Reading Judiciary
2/5
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
3/24
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judiciary
3/21
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
3/22
Third Reading Passed (137-1)
3/30
House Concur - Senate Amendments
Third Reading Passed (134-3)
Passed Enrolled
5/8
Signed by the Governor Chapter 318
Senate Action
3/24
First Reading Judicial Proceedings
3/31
Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings
4/1
Favorable with Amendments Report Adopted
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
4/2
Third Reading Passed with Amendments (47-0)
Sponsored by:
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Rushern L. Baker, III, District 22B
Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
Delegate Raymond Beck, District 39
Delegate K. Bennett Bozman, District 38
Delegate Emmett C. Burns, Jr., District 10
Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32
Delegate Joan Cadden, District 31
Delegate Norman H. Conway, District 38
Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine Maryl
Delegate Jean B. Cryor, District 15
Delegate Dereck Davis, District 25
Delegate Diane DeCarlo, District 6
Delegate Dana Lee Dembrow, District 20
Delegate Thomas E. Dewberry, District 47B
Delegate Ann Marie Doory, District 43
Delegate Cornell N. Dypski, District 46
Delegate George C. Edwards, District 1A
Delegate Nathaniel Exum, District 24
Delegate Robert L. Frank, District 11
Delegate Barbara Frush, District 21
Delegate Tony Edward Fulton, District 40
Delegate Gilbert J. Genn, District 16
Delegate Marilyn R. Goldwater, District 16
Delegate Michael R. Gordon, District 17
Delegate Sharon M. Grosfeld, District 18
Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A
Delegate Hattie N. Harrison, District 45
Delegate Anne Healey, District 22A
Delegate Sue C. Hecht, District 3
Delegate Henry B. Heller, District 19
Delegate Sheila Ellis Hixson, District 20
Delegate Carolyn J. B. Howard, District 24
Delegate James W. Hubbard, District 23
Delegate Brenda B. Hughes, District 25
Delegate John Adams Hurson, District 18
Delegate Thomas E. Hutchins, District 28
Delegate A. Wade Kach, District 9A
Delegate Martha S. Klima, District 9A
Delegate Nancy K. Kopp, District 16
Delegate Carolyn J. Krysiak, District 46
Delegate Mary Ann E. Love, District 32
Delegate Maggie L. McIntosh, District 42
Delegate Robert A. McKee, District 2A
Delegate Kenneth C. Montague, Jr., District 43
Delegate Dan K. Morhaim, District 11
Delegate Timothy D. Murphy, District 47A
Delegate George W. Owings, III, District 27B
Delegate Joan N. Parker, District 10
Delegate Obie Patterson, District 26
Delegate Shane E. Pendergrass, District 13A
Delegate Marsha G. Perry, District 33
Delegate Joan B. Pitkin, District 23
Delegate James E. Proctor, Jr., District 27A
Delegate Howard P. Rawlings, District 40
Delegate Alfred W. Redmer, Jr., District 8
Delegate James C. Rosapepe, District 21
Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 35B
Delegate Mark K. Shriver, District 15
Delegate Louise V. Snodgrass, District 3
Delegate Casper R. Taylor, Jr., District 1C
Delegate Frank S. Turner, District 13A
Delegate David M. Valderrama, District 26
Delegate Betty Workman, District 1B
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT COURTS; DISTRICT COURTS
DAMAGES
MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
PATERNITY
WRONGFUL DEATH
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 3-904 , 5-201 , 11-108 )

Documents:

Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF), Third Reading (PDF), Enrolled (PDF)
Fiscal Note: Available (PDF)

Amendments:
House
Number: 791883/1 (PDF) Offered on: MARCH 24, 1997 at: 17:07 Status: Adopted
Senate
Number: 028248/1 (PDF) Offered on: APRIL 1, 1997 at: 12:09 Status: Adopted