Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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May 19, 2016 |
advanced to third reading cal.724 |
May 17, 2016 |
reported |
May 11, 2016 |
referred to judiciary |
Assembly Bill A10117
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
RYAN
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-A10117 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-A10117 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 10117 I N A S S E M B L Y May 11, 2016 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RYAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to the burden of demonstrating comparative negligence THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 1412 of the civil practice law and rules, as added by chapter 69 of the laws of 1975, is amended to read as follows: S 1412. Burden of pleading; burden of proof. Culpable conduct claimed in diminution of damages, in accordance with section fourteen hundred eleven, shall be an affirmative defense to be pleaded and proved by the party asserting the defense, AND THAT PARTY SHALL HAVE THE BURDEN OF INTERPOSING PROOF OF CULPABLE CONDUCT WHEN ASSERTING SUCH A DEFENSE ON A MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OR AT TRIAL. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all actions pending or commenced on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15383-01-6
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