GA HB960 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on February 15 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-02-16 - House Second Readers
Pending: House Judiciary Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Summary

A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend Chapter 4 of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to actions against insurance companies, so as to provide for procedure relative to claimant's offers to settle tort claims involving liability insurance policies; to provide that offers to settle automatically are deemed to include certain provisions; to provide that failure to make an offer to settle in conformity with the law precludes the recovery of a claim for bad faith or negligent failure to settle; to provide for construction; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

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Title

Insurance companies; relative to claimant's offers to settle tort claims involving liability insurance policies; provide procedure

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2012-02-16 House Second Readers
2012-02-15 House First Readers

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