HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 63B
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Ambler offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Between lines 2253 and 2254, insert:
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17	Section 46. Section 766.1121, Florida Statutes, is created
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19	766.1121 Prohibition of denial of fault on part of
20	plaintiff.--In the trial of any action for medical malpractice
21	which follows a settlement between the plaintiff and one or more
22	defendants or potential defendants for the same injury, the
23	plaintiff shall be estopped from denying that the fault on the
24	part of any such settled defendant or prospective defendant
25	contributed to causing the plaintiff’s injuries with respect to
26	any such settled defendant or prospective defendant who has been
27	identified by way of affirmative defense or joined by a
28	nonsettling defendant as a party who is liable, in whole or in
29	part, for the plaintiff's damages.
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33	Remove line 185, and insert:
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35	in medical negligence cases is several only; creating s.
36	766.1121, F.S.; estopping plaintiffs from denying that a
37	defendant or prospective defendant with whom the plaintiff
38	settled contributed to the injury alleged; creating s.