Virginia House Bill 1570 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2013 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2013-01-28 - Incorporated by Courts of Justice
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Dismissal of action by nonsuit; fees and costs. Clarifies that if notice to take a nonsuit is given to the opposing party during trial, the court may assess against the nonsuiting party reasonable witness fees and travel costs of expert witnesses scheduled to appear at trial, which are actually incurred by the opposing party, solely by reason of the failure of the nonsuiting party to give notice at least seven days prior to trial. The bill also provides that invoices, receipts, or confirmation of payment shall be admissible to prove reasonableness of such expert witness costs and may, in the court's discretion, satisfy the reasonableness requirement, without the need for further testimony.

Nonsuits; dismissal of action, fees and costs.

Del. Randall Minchew [R]

2013-01-23 - House - House: Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1709-Habeeb) (8-Y 0-N) (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2013-01-28	House	Incorporated by Courts of Justice
2013-01-23	House	Subcommittee recommends incorporating (HB1709-Habeeb) (8-Y 0-N)
2013-01-11	House	Assigned Courts sub: #2 Civil
2013-01-04	House	Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2013-01-04	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/13 13102102D

HB1709 (Similar To) 2013-03-13 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0274)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	380	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+sum+HB1570
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+ful+HB1570+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?131+vot+H0802V0095+HB1570