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2016 SESSION
SB 171 Insurance; jury award of attorney fees for bad faith.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Insurance; jury award of attorney fees for bad faith. Provides that in certain civil causes of action involving insurance contracts, either the court or the jury may award attorney fees upon a finding of bad faith. The bill is in response to the Supreme Court of Virginia's decision in REVI, LLC v. Chi. Title Ins. Co., 2015 LEXIS 114, which held that the term "court" meant trial judge and did not include a jury. The bill further provides that it shall not be interpreted to create a presumption that the term "court" as used elsewhere in the Code necessarily excludes a jury.
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- 12/30/15 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/16 16100421D
- 12/30/15 Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
- 02/03/16 Senate: Committee amendments
- 02/03/16 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Courts of Justice (9-Y 6-N)