Bill Title: Provides, in tort cases where one defendant has settled, that remaining defendants must elect, prior to trial, whether to reduce liability by the amount of the settlement or by the amount of the equitable share of damages delegated to the settler in the verdict.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to judiciary [A00625 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Assemblymember Helene Weinstein [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-041	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Thomas Abinanti [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Michael Montesano [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-015	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember William Boyland [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-055	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Kevin Cahill [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-103	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Vivian Cook [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-032	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Assemblymember Richard Gottfried [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-075	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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