File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Donoghue, Barve, Kach, Rudolph, and Zirkin
- Entitled:
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Health Care Malpractice Actions - Payment of Future Damages
Requiring that if the verdict for future damages in a health care
malpractice action exceeds $250,000, on motion of any party, the court
shall appoint a neutral expert to evaluate whether all or part of the
future damages should be paid in the form of annuities or other
appropriate financial instruments or in periodic or other payments
and, if the neutral expert makes a specified finding, to recommend how
the payments should be structured; etc.
House Action
- 2/10
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/17
- Hearing 3/14 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
Sponsored by:
- Delegate John P. Donoghue, District 2C
- Delegate Kumar P. Barve, District 17
- Delegate Wade Kach, District 5B
- Delegate David D. Rudolph, District 34B
- Delegate Bobby A. Zirkin, District 11
Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- COURT OF APPEALS
- COURTS -see also- CIRCUIT; APPEALS; DISTRICT; ORPHANS'; etc.
- DAMAGES
- HEALTH OCCUPATIONS -see also- specific health occupations
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
- PHYSICIANS -see also- DENTISTS; MED EXMNRS; PSYCH; etc
- RULES AND REGULATIONS
- TORTS -see also- LIBEL & SLANDER; MED MALP; WRONGFUL DEATH
- WRONGFUL DEATH
Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
3-2A-10 ,
3-2A-10 ,
11-109
)
- Bill Text (Displayed in PDF Format):
First Reading,
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note (Displayed in PDF Format):
Available
- Amendments:
None offered