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HB 1981 Discovery of expert witness testimony.

Introduced by: Clifford L. Athey, Jr. | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)

Discovery of expert witness testimony. Permits the court in medical malpractice actions to establish a scheduling order that requires the plaintiff to designate his expert witnesses no later than 120 days before trial and the defendant to designate his expert witnesses 90 days before trial. The standard timeframes in civil actions now are 90 days and 60 days, respectively. The bill is intended to ensure that in complicated medical malpractice cases medical experts are disclosed sufficiently early to permit more educated settlement discussions.

FULL TEXT

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/03 036710616  pdf
• 01/27/03  House: Printed as engrossed 036710616-E  pdf

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HISTORY

• 01/08/03  House: Presented & ordered printed, prefiled 01/07/03 036710616
• 01/08/03  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/08/03  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 01/16/03  House: Assigned to C. J. sub-committee: 2
• 01/22/03  House: Reported from C. J. with amendments (19-Y 2-N)
• 01/24/03  House: Read first time
• 01/27/03  House: Read second time
• 01/27/03  House: Committee amendments agreed to
• 01/27/03  House: Title replaced
• 01/27/03  House: Engrossed by House as amended
• 01/27/03  House: Printed as engrossed 036710616-E
• 01/28/03  House: Read third time and passed House (88-Y 9-N)
• 01/28/03  House: VOTE: PASSAGE (88-Y 9-N)
• 01/28/03  House: Communicated to Senate
• 01/29/03  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 01/29/03  Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 02/10/03  Senate: Stricken at the request of Patron in Courts of Justice by voice vote