HB 1255 – AS INTRODUCED
2010 SESSION
09/01
HOUSE BILL 1255
AN ACT relative to requirements for apportionment of damages.
SPONSORS: Rep. Nixon, Hills 17; Rep. Rowe, Hills 6; Rep. Craig, Hills 9; Rep. DiFruscia, Rock 4
This bill prohibits apportionment of damages against a person who or entity which is immune by law from liability and against any person or entity unless such person or entity is made a party to the action pursuant to superior court rule.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
10-2251
09/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Ten
AN ACT relative to requirements for apportionment of damages.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 New Paragraph; Apportionment of Damages. Amend RSA 507:7-e by inserting after paragraph IV the following new paragraph:
V. No business, company, corporation, person, or other legal entity shall be subject to having claims or legal fault, or any evidence thereof, made or introduced against it or him or her, or damages assessed or apportioned against it or him or her, if immune by law from liability or unless made a party to the action pursuant to superior court rule 27.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect January 1, 2011.