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Committee recommends do-pass for bill changing exemplary-damages rules, removing DUI carve-out
Summary
The committee voted 12–1 to recommend House passage of Senate Bill 22-90, which clarifies standards and limits for exemplary (punitive) damages, adjusts the definition of malice used in law and removes an existing carve-out related to certain DUI incidents.
The House Judiciary Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 22-90, a measure adjusting the law on exemplary (punitive) damages, removing a carve-out for certain DUI-related incidents, and clarifying the malice standard used in awards.
Chairman Clamine and members discussed the court process for adding exemplary-damages claims to civil litigation: a plaintiff first files standard compensatory…
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