HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 63B
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12	Representative Ambler offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	Remove lines 2243-2253, and insert:
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17	Section 45. Subsection (1) of section 766.112, Florida
18	Statutes, is amended to read:
19	766.112 Comparative fault.--
20	(1) Notwithstanding anything in law to the contrary, in an
21	action for damages for personal injury or wrongful death arising
22	out of medical malpractice, whether in contract or tort, when an
23	apportionment of damages pursuant to this section is attributed
24	to a teaching hospital as defined in s. 408.07,the court shall
25	enter judgment against the teaching hospital on the basis of
26	eachsuchparty's percentage of fault and not on the basis of
27	the doctrine of joint and several liability.
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31	Remove lines 183-185, and insert:
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33	the court under certain circumstances; amending s. 766.112,
34	F.S.; eliminating the application of the doctrine of joint and
35	several liability to medical malpractice actions; creating s.