HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1713
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12	Representative Ambler offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
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16	the doctrine of joint and several liability. In the trial of any
17	action for medical malpractice which follows a settlement
18	between the plaintiff and one or more defendants or potential
19	defendants for the same injury, the plaintiff shall be estopped
20	from denying that the fault on the part of any such settled
21	defendant or prospective defendant contributed to causing the
22	plaintiff’s injuries with respect to any such settled defendant
23	or prospective defendant who has been identified by way of
24	affirmative defense or joined by a nonsettling defendant as a
25	party who is liable, in whole or in part, for the plaintiff's
26	damages.
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30	several only; estoppping plaintiffs from denying fault of
31	settling defendants; creating s.