Virginia House Bill 738 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 12 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-02-16 - House: Left in Courts of Justice
Pending: House Courts of Justice Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Direct notification to certain claimants. Provides that any person or entity represented by counsel, and any insurer whether or not represented by counsel, making or delivering a payment of $5,000 or more on a claim or judgment based on contract, tort, or otherwise to an attorney representing the claimant shall provide to the claimant a copy of the check or other form of payment, along with a written statement that indicates only that the payment has been sent to the claimant's attorney in connection with the claim or judgment, and that any questions should be directed to the claimant's attorney.

Claimants; certain persons paying claims to attorneys to provide direct notification.

Del. David Albo [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-16		House: Left in Courts of Justice
2010-01-25		House: Subcommittee recommends striking from docket by voice vote
2010-01-19		House: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2010-01-12		House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-12		House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/13/10 10103790D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	4.4	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+HB738
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+HB738+hil