Lawsuit Reform Measures Move Forward

HB 1601 (Representative Dan Sullivan & Senator Glenn Coffee) passed the House of Representatives February 11th by a vote of 62-36.  The bill prohibits attorneys and counselors from withholding a portion of judgments for the purpose of making political donations.

 

HB 1602 (Representative Dan Sullivan & Senator Glenn Coffee) passed the House of Representatives February 18th by a vote of 54-46. The bill will allow Oklahoma voters to decide if more of a lawsuit’s proceeds should go to the claimant. Current law caps attorney fees at fifty percent (50%). This bill will allow the voters to decide if that figure should be dropped to thirty-three percent (33%) of the first One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) recovered and twenty percent (20%) of any amount exceeding One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00). The bill now goes to the Senate. 



 

HB 1603 (Representative Dan Sullivan & Senator Glenn Coffee) passed the Oklahoma House of Representatives on Wednesday, March 4th, by a vote of 62-39. This bill is the omnibus lawsuit reform bill containing 98 different sections designed to bring common sense back to our courts and personal responsibility to our society. 

The bill now advances to the state Senate.