Updates contingent fee rules for attorneys in claims or actions for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice; permits applications for enhanced fees; permits plaintiffs to waive contingent retainer limitations.
Updates contingent fee rules for attorneys in claims or actions for medical, dental or podiatric malpractice; permits applications for enhanced fees; permits plaintiffs to waive contingent retainer limitations.
Establishes cap on recovery of compensatory damages and limits contingency fee in medical malpractice cases; permits periodic payment of damages in certain instances; restricts benevolent gesture liability.
Repeals certain provisions relating to contingency fee contracts with private attorneys retained by the state
Cost recovery; contingency fee case
Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent.
Revises workers' compensation law to increase contingency attorney fee cap in contingency case from 20 percent to 25 percent.
Establishing requirements for contingency fee agreements between political subdivisions and private attorneys
Medical Malpractice Changes
Attorneys: contingency fees.