IN SB0022 | 2018 | Regular Session

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 3 2018 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2018-01-03 - First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law
Pending: Senate Civil Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Indemnification from legal malpractice claims. Provides that any provision in an agreement between an attorney and a client that purports to prospectively release the attorney from liability for malpractice is against public policy, void, and unenforceable.

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Title

Indemnification from legal malpractice claims. Provides that any provision in an agreement between an attorney and a client that purports to prospectively release the attorney from liability for malpractice is against public policy, void, and unenforceable.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2018-01-03SenateFirst reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law
2018-01-03SenateAuthored by Senator Brown L

Indiana State Sources


Bill Comments

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