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Assembly Bill A8521

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the maximum allowable amount of contingency fees in medical, dental and podiatric malpractice actions; repealer

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2017-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6803
Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Judiciary Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §474-a, rpld subs 3, 4 & 5, Judy L

2017-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the maximum allowable amount of contingency fees in medical, dental and podiatric malpractice actions and repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

2017-A8521 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8521
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  WEINSTEIN  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the judiciary law, in relation to the maximum  allowable
   amount  of  contingency fees in medical, dental and podiatric malprac-
   tice actions; and to repeal certain provisions of  such  law  relating
   thereto

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 474-a of  the  judiciary  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  485  of  the  laws  of 1986, is amended to read as
 follows:
   2. Notwithstanding any inconsistent judicial rule, a contingent fee in
 a medical, dental or podiatric malpractice action shall not  exceed  the
 amount  of compensation provided for in the following schedule FOR CASES
 DECIDED PRIOR TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN:
 
      30 percent of the first [$250,000] $500,000 of the sum
      recovered;
      [25 percent of the next $250,000 of the sum recovered;
      20] 25 percent of the next $500,000 of the sum recovered;
      [15] 20 percent of the next $250,000 of the sum
      recovered;
      [10] 15 percent of any amount over $1,250,000 of the sum
      recovered;
 
 AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANY INCONSISTENT JUDICIAL RULE, A CONTINGENT FEE  IN
 A  MEDICAL,  DENTAL OR PODIATRIC MALPRACTICE ACTION SHALL NOT EXCEED THE
 AMOUNT OF COMPENSATION PROVIDED FOR IN THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE FOR  CASES
 DECIDED FROM JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN THROUGH DECEMBER THIR-
 TY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13270-02-7
              

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