2009 SESSION
09/10
HOUSE BILL 197
AN ACT relative to apportionment of damages in civil actions.
SPONSORS: Rep. Nixon, Hills 17
This bill establishes that fault and damages may be apportioned by the trial judge in jury instructions and by the jury only against parties to an action who are before the court at the time of such instructions or apportionment.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter
removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
09-0381
09/10
STATE
OF
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Nine
AN ACT relative to apportionment of damages in civil actions.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Apportionment of Fault and Damages. Amend RSA 507:7-e by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. For purposes of this section, fault and damages may be apportioned by the trial judge in jury instructions and by the jury only against parties to an action who are before the court at the time of such instructions or apportionment.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.