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2020 SESSION
SB 659 Contributory negligence; motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian, bicyclist, etc.
Introduced by: Scott A. Surovell | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Contributory negligence; motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian, bicyclist, etc. Provides that the negligence of a pedestrian, bicyclist, or other person lawfully using a device other than a motor vehicle on a public highway who is involved in a collision with a motor vehicle shall not bar a plaintiff's recovery in any civil action unless the plaintiff's negligence is (i) a proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury and (ii) greater than the aggregated total amount of negligence of all the defendants that proximately caused the plaintiff's injury.
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HISTORY
- 01/07/20 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20101064D
- 01/07/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on the Judiciary
- 01/24/20 Senate: Assigned Judiciary sub: Civil Law
- 01/29/20 Senate: Passed by indefinitely in Judiciary (14-Y 1-N)