HB 495: Negligence
GENERAL BILL by Murzin ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Rogers ; Williams, T.
Negligence; Provides that if person slips & falls on transitory foreign substance in business establishment, injured person must prove that business establishment had actual or constructive knowledge of condition & should have taken action to remedy it; provides that constructive knowledge may be proven by circumstantial evidence, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2009
Last Action: 5/2/2009 House - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Last Action: 5/2/2009 House - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Bill History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 1/20/2009 | House |
• Filed |
| 2/12/2009 | House |
• Referred to Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP); Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council; Policy Council |
| 3/3/2009 | House |
• Introduced, referred to Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP); Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council; Policy Council -HJ 00046 |
| 3/25/2009 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), 03/27/09, 8:00 am, 12-H --Retained |
| 3/30/2009 | House |
• On Committee agenda-- Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP), 03/30/09, 12:00 pm, 404-H; Favorable by Civil Justice & Courts Policy (CCJP); YEAS 8 NAYS 2 -HJ 00319 |
| 3/31/2009 | House |
• Now in Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council -HJ 00319 |
| 5/2/2009 | House |
• Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration; Died in Criminal & Civil Justice Policy Council |