HB172: Insurance liability; disclosure of limits prior to filing a lawsuit.
Chief Patron
Del.
Terry Kilgore (R-1)
Terry Kilgore
(R-1)
Gate City, VA
Served: 1994–
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Status
04/11/2008: signed by governor
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- 12/26/2007 Committee
- 12/26/2007 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/08 084666588
- 12/26/2007 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 01/10/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/08/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (19-Y 3-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/09/2008 Committee substitute printed 081494588-H1
- 02/09/2008 Read first time
- 02/11/2008 Read second time
- 02/11/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 081494588-H1
- 02/11/2008 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB172H1
- 02/12/2008 Read third time and passed House (55-Y 43-N)
- 02/12/2008 VOTE: --- PASSAGE (55-Y 43-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/12/2008 Communicated to Senate
- 02/13/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/2008 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/14/2008 Assigned Courts sub: Civil
- 02/28/2008 Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (15-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 02/29/2008 Committee substitute printed 089590588-S1
- 03/03/2008 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 03/04/2008 Read third time
- 03/04/2008 Reading of substitute waived
- 03/04/2008 Committee substitute agreed to 089590588-S1
- 03/04/2008 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute HB172S1
- 03/04/2008 Passed Senate with substitute (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally)
- 03/05/2008 Placed on Calendar
- 03/05/2008 Senate substitute agreed to by House 089590588-S1 (65-Y 33-N)
- 03/05/2008 VOTE: --- ADOPTION (65-Y 33-N) (see vote tally)
- 03/07/2008 Enrolled
- 03/07/2008 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB172ER)
- 03/07/2008 Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/2008 Signed by President
- 04/11/2008 G Approved by Governor-Chapter 819 (effective 7/1/08)
Summary
Civil procedure; disclosure of insurance liability limits.
Requires disclosure of the liability limits to an attorney for an injured
person, prior to the filing of a civil action for personal injuries resulting
from a motor vehicle accident, after the attorney provides written notice of
representation.
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Friday, May 16, 2008
Comments
This bill is not a very good idea. It would tend to encourage the worst sort of predatory litigation rather than a rational consideration of what is actually justice.
The maximum amount of money available to a defendant to cover a judgment is irrelevant to the pursuit of justice. The damages are what they are. If a man runs his car into another man's truck, the cost to repair the truck remains the same whether the driver of the car has $10M at his disposal or $500,000.
The only reason for this bill would be to allow the rare yet dangerous predatory sort of plaintiff to decide how much he can shake someone down for. It's got nothing to do with anything that has a place in the justice system.
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