1997 Regular Session

HOUSE BILL 981

File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures Crossfiled with: SENATE BILL 607
Sponsored By:
Delegate Vallario (Task Force to Examine Maryland's Crime Victims' Rights Laws)
Entitled:
Wrongful Death Actions

Synopsis:

Providing that a parent of a deceased adult child and an adult child of a deceased parent may be awarded noneconomic damages as a beneficiary, if no other person qualifies under current law for noneconomic damages, in a wrongful death action; providing that a person who was substantially dependent on a deceased person may be a beneficiary in a wrongful death action; providing for the tolling of limitations when a wrongful death action accrues in favor of a person who is a minor or mentally incompetent; etc.

Legislative History

House Action
1/31
First Reading Judiciary
2/5
Hearing 2/25 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
No Action
Sponsored by:
Delegate Joseph F. Vallario, Jr., District 27A
Crime Victims' Rights Laws, T. F. to Examine Maryl
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
DAMAGES
MINORS -see also- AGE OF MAJORITY; JUVENILE CAUSES; YOUTH
STATUTES OF LIMITATION
VICTIMS -see also- CRIMINAL INJURIES COMP; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
WRONGFUL DEATH
Bill affects the following Statutes:
Courts and Judicial Proceedings
( 3-901 , 3-904 , 5-201 )

Documents:

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