S 0087 General Bill, By Malloy
Summary: Liability limitations
    A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 15-78-120 OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS, RELATING TO LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY, SO AS TO INCREASE THE LIMITS FROM A LOSS TO ONE PERSON ARISING FROM A SINGLE OCCURRENCE FROM THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, TO INCREASE THE TOTAL LIMITS FROM A LOSS ARISING OUT OF A SINGLE OCCURRENCE FROM SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO ONE MILLION DOLLARS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A PARTY WHO FILES AN OFFER OF JUDGMENT THAT IS NOT ACCEPTED, SHALL BE ALLOWED TO RECOVER FROM THE OFFEREE, AS PROVIDED FOR IN SECTION 15-35-400(B), REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THE TOTAL OF ADMINISTRATIVE, FILING, OR OTHER COURT COSTS, AND EIGHT PERCENT INTEREST ON THE AMOUNT OF THE VERDICT OR AWARD FROM THE DATE OF THE OFFER, COMBINED WITH THE VERDICT OR AWARD, EXCEEDS THE LIABILITY LIMITS SPECIFIED IN THIS SECTION.
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11/30/22	Senate	Prefiled
11/30/22	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/10/23	Senate	Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 54)
01/10/23	Senate	Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 54)
03/14/23	Senate	Referred to Subcommittee: Malloy (ch), Hutto, Campsen, Matthews, Talley, Garrett, M.Johnson
07/27/23		Scrivener's error corrected
03/27/24	Senate	Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 9)