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By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel This week, the House moved a tort reform bill to the floor when the asbestos trust claim bill passed its last committee. HB 741 passed the House Judiciary Committee with a vote of 12-6. The bill was not amended. It will be heard on the House floor when scheduled…
By: Katrina Callaway, FIC General Counsel An omnibus insurance bill containing primarily clean up or noncontroversial insurance provisions passed its first House committee this week. A committee bill was adopted to replace the original bill, HB 895. The bill has two committees left. The Senate companion, SB 1606, will be heard in its first committee…