HOUSE BILL 981

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)