HB378 Alabama 2010 Session

In Committee

Bill Summary

Session

Regular Session 2010

Title

Class action lawsuits filed in Alabama, plan for undistributed funds to be distributed to Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Department if class members cannot be located, or if distribution to class is not economically feasible, or if class members do not make a claim to the class funds

Description

This bill would provide that all settlements or orders entering judgment in a class action lawsuit filed in Alabama and governed by Alabama law that results in the creation of a common fund for the benefit of a class shall establish a plan for determining the distribution of the residual remaining funds and the timing of such distribution to the Department of Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention

Relating to the distribution of excess funds createdpursuant to a class action lawsuit filed in Alabama; toprovide that all settlements or orders entering judgment in aclass action lawsuit filed in Alabama and governed by Alabamalaw that result in the creation of a common fund for thebenefit of a class shall establish a plan for determining the distribution of the residual remaining funds and the timing ofsuch distribution to the Department of Child Abuse and NeglectPrevention.

Subjects

Civil Procedure

Bill Actions

Action Date	Chamber	Action
January 21, 2010		Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Judiciary

Bill Text

Download HB378 Alabama 2010 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type	Link
Bill Text	HB378 Alabama 2010 Session - Introduced