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S 0895 General Bill, By Leatherman, Courson, W.W. Doar, Drummond and W.R. Lee
Similar (H 3359)
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Sections 15-33-130 through 15-33-170, 15-51-15, 19-1-170, and 15-1-300 so as to define licensed health care providers, provide a statute of limitations in malpractice actions, provide that the granting of a new trial against a health care provider must include the issues of liability and damages, allow evidence of any cost or expenses a plaintiff may have received from insurance, except life insurance, or from sources other than the defendant, limit noneconomic damages for injury to or death of a person to one hundred thousand dollars and to disallow punitive damages, to provide that an advance payment by or on behalf of a health care provider for any cost incurred by the plaintiff is not admissible until liability is established and to reduce a judgment in favor of the plaintiff by the amount of insurance received by the plaintiff, and to limit attorney fees.
Similar (H 3359)
A Bill to amend the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, by adding Sections 15-33-130 through 15-33-170, 15-51-15, 19-1-170, and 15-1-300 so as to define licensed health care providers, provide a statute of limitations in malpractice actions, provide that the granting of a new trial against a health care provider must include the issues of liability and damages, allow evidence of any cost or expenses a plaintiff may have received from insurance, except life insurance, or from sources other than the defendant, limit noneconomic damages for injury to or death of a person to one hundred thousand dollars and to disallow punitive damages, to provide that an advance payment by or on behalf of a health care provider for any cost incurred by the plaintiff is not admissible until liability is established and to reduce a judgment in favor of the plaintiff by the amount of insurance received by the plaintiff, and to limit attorney fees.
| 01/23/86 | Senate | Introduced and read first time SJ-232 |
| 01/23/86 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-232 |
| 03/25/86 | Senate | Committee report: Majority favorable with amend., minority unfavorable Judiciary SJ-1163 |
| 03/26/86 | Senate | Special order SJ-1316 |
| 04/30/86 | Senate | Debate interrupted SJ-2384 |
| 05/01/86 | Senate | Deb. adjourned until Wed., May 7 at 12:00 SJ-2432 |
| 05/07/86 | Senate | Debate interrupted SJ-2501 |
| 05/08/86 | Senate | Amended SJ-2510 |
| 05/08/86 | Senate | Read second time SJ-2510 |
| 05/08/86 | Senate | Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-2510 |