Virginia Senate Bill 638 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 19 2010 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2010-02-08 - Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB427-Herring) (14-Y 0-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Civil procedure; disclosure of insurance liability limits. Allows an attorney of the personal representative of a deceased person to request the disclosure of the liability limits of an insurance policy prior to filing a civil action for wrongful death resulting from a motor vehicle accident. The party requesting this information shall provide the insurer with (i) the date of the accident, (ii) the name and last-known address of the alleged tortfeasor, (iii) a copy of the accident report, if any, (iv) the claim number, if available, and (v) the deceased person's medical records, medical bills, and death certificate. The insurer has to disclose the liability limits if death occurred. The bill also provides that disclosure of a policy's limits shall not constitute an admission that the alleged wrongful death is subject to the policy. This bill was incorporated into

Disclosure of insurance liability limits; attorney of representative of deceased to obtain.

Sen. Donald McEachin [D]

2010-02-08 - Senate - Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-02-08		Senate: Incorporated by Courts of Justice (SB427-Herring) (14-Y 0-N)
2010-01-22		Senate: Assigned Courts sub: Civil
2010-01-19		Senate: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
2010-01-19		Senate: Presented and ordered printed 10104104D

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
8	01	417	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+sum+SB638
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+ful+SB638+hil
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?101+vot+S03V0126+SB0638