Relates to attorneys' fees and costs for meritless actions and abusive lawsuits
Summary
Requires a court to award reasonable attorneys' fees and costs incurred for meritless actions and abusive lawsuits when it has granted a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Apr 24, 2017
Last action May 3, 2017
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2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
Apr 24, 2017
Senate · Referred to committee
REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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