HOUSE AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 63B
   
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Senate House
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12          Representative Mack offered the following:
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14          Amendment (with title amendment)
15          Between line(s) 2253 and 2254, insert:
16          Section 46. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to
17    the contrary, in any medical malpractice injury claim involving
18    a contingency fee, the claimant is entitled to receive no less
19    than 70 percent of the first $250,000 of the total amount of
20    damages, exclusive of reasonable and customary costs, determined
21    by judgment, settlement, or otherwise and regardless of the
22    number of defendants. The claimant is entitled to 100 percent of
23    all such damages.
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26          Remove line(s) 185, and insert:
27          in medical negligence cases is several only; providing for right
28    of claimant in any medical malpractice injury claim to specified
29    proportions of damages received; creating s.