Legislation

Authorizing a court to award a prevailing plaintiff reasonable attorney's fees and expenses in specified civil actions; authorizing a court to award attorney's fees to a prevailing defendant only under specified circumstances; establishing the method of calculating specified awards of attorney's fees; establishing that the limit on the liability of the State under the Maryland Tort Claims Act does not include a specified award of attorney's fees and expenses; providing that a specified plaintiff is considered a prevailing plaintiff; etc.

Committees

Original:: Judiciary Click to view Recorded Media

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0544

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2014

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/28/2014 Legislative Date 1/29/2014 Action First Reading Judiciary Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/29/2014 Legislative Date 1/29/2014 Action Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 3/15/2014 Legislative Date 3/15/2014 Action Unfavorable Report by Judiciary Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	1/28/2014	1/29/2014	First Reading Judiciary
House	1/29/2014	1/29/2014	Hearing 2/12 at 1:00 p.m.
House	3/15/2014	3/15/2014	Unfavorable Report by Judiciary

Documents

Date Posted	Document Name
1/29/2014	Text - First - Civil Actions - Award of Attorney's Fees and Expenses
3/15/2014	Vote - House - Committee - Judiciary

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