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Jan 08, 2020 |
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May 29, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A7973
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
O'DONNELL
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2019-A7973 (ACTIVE) - Details
2019-A7973 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7973 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. O'DONNELL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the civil practice law and rules, in relation to requir- ing all personal injury or wrongful death causes of action to include a prayer for general relief; and to amend the general municipal law, in relation to exempting notices of claim from such requirement THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision (b) of rule 305 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 528 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as follows: (b) Summons and notice. If the complaint is not served with the summons, the summons shall contain or have attached thereto a notice stating the nature of the action and the relief sought[,] and, except in [an action for medical malpractice] ACTIONS FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR WRONGFUL DEATH, the sum of money for which judgment may be taken in case of default. § 2. Subdivision (c) of section 3017 of the civil practice law and rules, as amended by chapter 694 of the laws of 2003, is amended to read as follows: (c) Personal injury or wrongful death actions. In an action to recover damages for personal injuries or wrongful death, the complaint, SUMMONS WITH NOTICE, counterclaim, cross-claim, interpleader complaint, and third-party complaint shall contain a prayer for general relief but shall not state the amount of damages to which the pleader deems himself OR HERSELF entitled. If the action is brought in the supreme court, the pleading shall also state whether or not the amount of damages sought exceeds the jurisdictional limits of all lower courts which would other- wise have jurisdiction. Provided, however, that a party against whom an action to recover damages for personal injuries or wrongful death is brought, may at any time request a supplemental demand setting forth the EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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