General Bill
Civil Justice Reform:
Provides for dismissal of actions based on fraudulent or deceptive activity; provides for recovery of damages and attorney fees and costs; repeals the dangerous instrumentality doctrine; providing for liability for personal injuries; limits actions against an insurer to insureds; specifies a duty to cooperate with an insurer in asserting a demand for settlement; specifies activities as a defense in actions; revises time periods relating to notices in actions; revises notice requirements; provides for preemption of specified civil remedies; specifies effect of judgments; specifies a criterion for burden of proof in actions against an insurer; limits insurer liability for failure to pay policy limits; authorizes parties to request court orders relating to unnecessary delay; provides requirements for amending witness lists; limits admissibility of evidence; specifies considerations for a trier of fact in actions; provides construction relating to assigning causes of action; limits liability for damages to a claimant resulting from intentional or criminal acts; deletes a rebuttable presumption provision in product liability actions; limits liability of public and private entities providing street lights, security lights, or other similar illumination; provides that such entities do not owe a duty to the public to provide, operate, or maintain illumination; prohibits findings of fault or responsibility of an entity not a party to litigation; limits the liability of law enforcement officers or sheriffs and employing law enforcement agencies for civil damages for injury or death from pursuing fleeing persons; requires a jury to be informed of amount of benefits paid or available for payment from collateral sources; specifies absence of restrictions on settlement or release agreements; limits attorney fees under such agreements; deletes exceptions to a requirement for liability based on percentage of fault instead of joint and several liability; provides for apportionment of damages; expands application of provisions to additional negligence cases; provides general rules for product liability actions against product sellers; specifies criteria for liability of a product seller as a manufacturer; repeals a provision relating to state-of-the-art defense for products liability.
Effective Date:
upon becoming a law and shall apply to causes of action that accrue on or after the effective date.
Last Event:
Withdrawn prior to introduction, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 135 (Ch. 2005-272) on Thursday, March 3, 2005 11:12 AM
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Subject
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Relationship
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Bill #:
HB 135
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Subject:
Liability of Providers of Streetlights
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Relationship:
Compare
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Bill #:
HB 1513
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Subject:
Civil Justice Reform
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Relationship:
Compare
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Bill #:
HB 1931
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Subject:
Negligence
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Relationship:
Compare
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Bill #:
SB 1790
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Subject:
Street Lighting
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Relationship:
Compare
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Bill #:
CS/SB 2002
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Subject:
Sovereign Immunity
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Relationship:
Compare
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Bill #:
SB 2560
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Subject:
Street Light/Limitation on Liability
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Relationship:
Compare
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Bill #:
CS/SB 2568
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Subject:
Liability for Products
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Relationship:
Compare
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Event:
H Withdrawn prior to introduction, Link/Iden/Sim/Compare passed, refer to HB 135 (Ch. 2005-272)
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Time:
03/03/2005 - 11:12 AM
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Member:
Brown
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Committee:
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Version:
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Event:
H Filed
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Time:
03/02/2005 - 4:21 PM
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Member:
Brown
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Committee:
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Version:
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