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Bill Title: As enacted, requires the court in a civil case, on a trial court's granting of a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted, to award costs and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees incurred in the proceedings as a consequence of the dismissed claims to the party against whom the dismissed claims were pending. - Amends TCA Title 20; Title 25; Title 27 and Title 29.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-05-29 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1046 [SB2638 Detail]

Download: Tennessee-2011-SB2638-Draft.pdf

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