File Code: Tort Reform
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegates Bissett, Harkins, Bonsack, Jacobs, McClenahan, M. Burns, and
O'Donnell
- Entitled:
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Statute of Repose - Durable Goods
Providing that a product liability action for harm caused by a durable
good shall be barred unless the complaint is filed within the earlier
of 15 years after the date of sale, lease, or delivery to the initial
consumer or 18 years after the date of manufacture; providing that a
product liability action against a person who made an express written
warranty shall be barred unless the complaint is filed before the
expiration of the warranty; and excluding actions resulting solely
from exposure to asbestos or lead paint.
House Action
- 2/2
- First Reading Judiciary
- 2/7
- Hearing 2/27 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/11
- Unfavorable Report by Judiciary
Senate Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Delegate Phillip D. Bissett, District 30
- Delegate Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, District 34
- Delegate Michael W. Burns, District 32
- Delegate James M. Harkins, District 35A
- Delegate Nancy Jacobs, District 34
- Delegate Charles A. McClenahan, District 38
- Delegate Anthony J. O'Donnell, District 29C
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- CONSUMER PROTECTION -see also- ADVTG., LABELING, WARRANTIES.
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- STATUTES OF LIMITATION
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
5-117
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
Amendments:
None available
