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	Remove lines 2243-2246, and insert:
16	Section 45. Subsection (1) of section 766.112, Florida
17	Statutes, is amended to read:
18	766.112 Comparative fault.--
19	(1) Notwithstanding any provision ofanything inlaw to
20	the contrary, in an action for damages for personal injury or
21	wrongful death arising out of medical malpractice, whether in
22	contract or tort, when an apportionment of damages pursuant to
23	this section is attributed to a teaching hospital as defined in
24	s. 408.07, the court shall enter judgment against the teaching
25	hospital on the basis of eachsuchparty's percentage of fault
26	and not on the basis of the doctrine of joint and several
27	liability.
28	Section 46. Subsection (5) of section 768.81, Florida
29	Statutes, is amended to read:
30	768.81 Comparative fault.--
31	(5) Notwithstanding any provision ofanything inlaw to
32	the contrary, in an
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35	Remove line 183, and insert:
36	the court under certain circumstances; amending ss. 766.112 and
37	768.81,