File Code: Civil Actions and Procedures
Prior Year Introduction As: SB 159/96 - JUD
Crossfiled with: HOUSE BILL 264
- Sponsored By:
-
Senators Stone, Green, and Dorman
- Entitled:
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Defenses - "Fireman's Rule" Abolished
Eliminating, as a defense, the common law doctrine known as the
"Fireman's Rule" which prevents a safety officer from recovering for
injuries the officer sustained or any similar rule that operates to
deny a safety officer recovery in an action at law or authorized by
statute based on negligence of a person in causing injuries to a
safety officer or an owner or occupier of land or premises that caused
harm to a safety officer; and establishing that the Act does not
affect specified other defenses, privileges, immunities, or rights.
Senate Action
- 8/15
- Pre-filed
- 1/8
- First Reading Judicial Proceedings
- 2/5
- Hearing 3/5 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/12
- Withdrawn
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Senator Norman R. Stone, Jr., District 7
- Senator Arthur Dorman, District 21
- Senator Leo E. Green, District 23
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- AMBULANCES -see also- EMERGENCIES; RESCUE SQUADS
- CIVIL ACTIONS -see also- SMALL CLAIMS
- DAMAGES
- FIRE PROTECTION
- LAW ENFORCEMENT -see also- STATE POLICE, DEPT. OF
- LIABILITY -see also- GOOD SAMARITAN
- RESCUE SQUADS -see also- AMBULANCES; EMERGENCIES
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Courts and Judicial Proceedings
- (
5-309.3 ,
5-309.3 ,
5-309.4
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
