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Senate refines victim reparations law, caps awards and limits attorney fees
Summary
Senators passed SB 83 to adjust the victim reparation program: awards would be capped at $25,000, attorney fees limited in two narrow circumstances and subrogation rights clarified. Sponsor said the fund holds roughly $3 million and last year paid about $3.2 million to victims.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 5 passed Senate Bill 83, a package of changes to the state victim reparation system that caps awards, narrows attorney-fee recovery and clarifies subrogation rights.
Senator Lyle Hilliard, sponsor of the bill, told colleagues the measure “caps the award $25,000,” and would allow attorney fees in only two limited areas while clarifying how subrogation by other payers operates. He said the fund currently holds “about $3,000,000”…
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