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Senate Bill 85

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Title AN ACT relating to evidence in medical malpractice actions.
Bill Documents Introduced
Bill Request Number 395
Sponsor R. Alvarado
Summary of Original Version Create a new section of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence to prohibit the introduction of expressions of sympathy, compassion, commiseration, or a general sense of benevolence in medical malpractice actions.
Index Headings of Original Version Courts - Medical malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of
Health and Medical Services - Medical malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Medical malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of
Nurses - Medical malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of
Optometrists - Medical malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of
Pharmacists - Medical malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of
Physicians and Practitioners - Medical malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of
Civil Actions - Medical malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of
Civil Procedure - Medical malpractice actions, statements of compassion, inadmissibility of

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01/04/17
  • introduced in Senate
01/07/17
  • to Health & Welfare (S)


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