Bill Text: NY A08466 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 8466 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Repeals that restriction of the judiciary law prohibiting contingent fees and requiring a sliding scale fee for attorneys in claims or actions for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to judiciary [A08466 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A08466-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8466
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      June 16, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Judiciary
        AN ACT to repeal section 474-a of the judiciary law, relating to contin-
          gent fees for attorneys in claims or actions for  medical,  dental  or
          podiatric malpractice
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 474-a of the judiciary law is REPEALED.
     2    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06833-01-7