Bill Text: NY S02541 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Repeals that restriction of the judiciary law prohibiting contingent fees and requiring a sliding scale fee for attorneys in claims or actions for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02541 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S02541-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2541
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 25, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  DeFRANCISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
         when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary
       AN ACT to repeal section 474-a of the judiciary law, relating to contin-
         gent fees for attorneys in claims or actions for  medical,  dental  or
         podiatric malpractice
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 474-a of the judiciary law is REPEALED.
    2    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03767-01-1