Bill Text: NY S02541 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | 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 (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02541 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-S02541-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2541 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 25, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed 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 Section 474-a of the judiciary law is REPEALED. 2 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD03767-01-1