Priority Issue Pages: Civil Liability Reform

Civil Liability Reform Bill Positions: Click here.

Civil Liability Priority Bills

• SB 267/HB 110: Maryland Comparative Negligence Act
  • Fiscal Note for HB 110 (pdf)
  • Chamber Position Statement (pdf)

Immediate Action Needed

• Contact Your Legislators: Bill Would Expose Maryland Businesses to More Lawsuits

From the Maryland Chamber Blog

• Comparative Fault Hearing is Today
• Chamber Advocates Civil Liability Reforms
• Comparative Fault Legislation is Back
• To view all Civil Liability Blog Posts, click here.

Votes

• House Judiciary Committee Vote on HB 147 - Health Care Malpractice - Expression of Regret or Apology - Inadmissibility (pdf)

News Links

• What’s fair in fault-finding?
  The Gazette

Resources

• American Tort Reform Association
• ATRA: Tort Reform Record - December 2006 (pdf)
• U.S. Tort Liability Index: 2006 Report (pdf)
• Maryland Analysis by the Authors of the US Tort Liability Index (pdf) "If the state were to weaken this
  standard by adopting a comparative negligence standard (H.B. 110), the state’s ranking would
  fall from 46th to 49th — becoming the second worst tort liability system in the nation."