HB197 (2009) Detail

Relative to apportionment of damages in civil actions.


HB 197 – AS INTRODUCED

2009 SESSION

09-0381

09/10

HOUSE BILL 197

AN ACT relative to apportionment of damages in civil actions.

SPONSORS: Rep. Nixon, Hills 17

COMMITTEE: Judiciary

ANALYSIS

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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 NEW HAMPSHIRE

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.