Betty Hall voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Title: Relative to the apportionment of damages in civil actions.
Title: Damages in Civil Actions
Vote to pass a bill that limits liability in civil cases to those still named in a suit when penalties are decided and to those that played a substantial role in the harm of the plaintiff.
- Excludes from further liability those who have settled or been dismissed from a lawsuit (sec. 1). - Prohibits the jury from awarding damages from the defendant unless the defendant was a substantial factor in the plaintiffs harm (sec. 2).
Title: Damages in Civil Actions
Vote to pass a bill that limits liability in civil cases to those still named in a suit when penalties are decided.
- Excludes from further liability those who have settled or been dismissed from a lawsuit [sec. 1(V)].
Title: Damages in Civil Actions