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HB 437: Offers of Settlement/Defendant

GENERAL BILL by Brown

Offers of Settlement/Defendant; provides for offers of settlement when alleged actively negligent defendant & defendant alleged to be vicariously, constructively, derivatively, or technically liable for actively negligent defendant are sued in same case. Amends 768.79.

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• Bill History

  Date	Chamber	Action
  1/22/2007	House	• Filed
  1/31/2007	House	• Referred to Safety & Security Council
  3/6/2007	House	• Introduced, referred to Safety & Security Council -HJ 00038
  5/4/2007	House	• Died in Safety & Security Council

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• HB 437, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 1/22/2007 at 2:53 PM

  Bill Text:	Web Page | PDF

  Analyses:	None

  Related Bills (2)

  Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location
  H 813 (c1)	Award of Attorney's Fees	Williams	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2007 S Died in Messages Location:
  S 1726 (c1)	Award of Attorney's Fees/Settlement Offers [EPCC]	Baker	Compare	Last Action: 5/4/2007 S Died in Committee on Judiciary Location:

  Citations - Statutes (1)

  Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
  768.79	Offer of judgment and demand for judgment.

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