Prefiled Civil Justice Bills

The following pieces of legislation were prefiled for introduction for the new legislative session, which officially began on January 10^th.   Please contact NJLRA if you would like additional information about any of the following:

Summary	New Bill #	Old Bill #	Sponsors
Extends $50 million cap on appeal bonds in civil actions to all industries in New Jersey	A241	A2473	Schaer, McKeon
Permits litigants contesting class certification the right to immediately appeal that ruling.	A894	A4135	Chiusano, Wisniewski
Caps noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions at $250,000.	A966	A1367/S610	Weber, Chiusano, McHose
Establishes a medical malpractice part in the Superior Court.	A1689	A260	Russo
Concerns liability in good faith treatment cases, standards of care, insurance coverage for medical malpractice actions and also sets time limits on medical malpractice claims being filed.	A1806	A1982/S670	Conaway, O'Scanlon, Weber, Handlin, McHose, Angelini, Riley, Huttle, Chiusano
Establishes limits for certain damages in medical malpractice actions.	A1926	A1806/S1844	Casagrande